Rescues, power outages across Toronto region
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Severe storms swept through Toronto on Wednesday, September 2, causing flash flooding and widespread power outages, reports said. According to reports, the stormy conditions led to trees and power
More than 100 mm of rain hit the city and wind speeds reached 85 kilometres an hour Wednesday. The storms hit the region in a line, one after another, with lighting and thunder pounding for several hours.
Toronto Hydro says power has been restored to thousands in the city's east end and parts of downtown after an outage that lasted for hours Wednesday night.
Dark clouds loomed over Toronto, Ontario, on Wednesday, September 2, as severe thunderstorms moved through the region, causing power outages for 65,000 customers of Toronto Hydro. Video filmed by
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Severe storms cutting across Ontario cause flooding, power outages in Toronto area
A severe storm cut across the Greater Toronto Area on Wednesday afternoon, downing power lines and flooding some streets as Environment Canada warned of heavy rain, large hail and the risk of a tornado in much of southern Ontario.
Storms moving through Michigan are dropping "torrential" rain, the weather service said. At least one tornado warning issued.
An ominous supercell was spotted in Bergen, New York, as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a tornado warning for the area on Wednesday 2. Daniel Pollina captured this footage