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Cleanup continues after destructive thunderstorms hit southern Ontario

From Global News · () English

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  • Crews continued restoring power after severe thunderstorms damaged southern Ontario, with fewer homes and businesses still without electricity.
  • The storms uprooted trees, destroyed power lines, flooded streets and caused nearly 1,500 calls to Toronto fire officials in 24 hours.
  • High winds damaged Toronto’s Rogers Stadium, while the Northern Tornadoes Project attributed the destruction to downbursts.

Southern Ontario’s cleanup continued as crews restored power after thunderstorms tore through the region, leaving far fewer homes and businesses without electricity than the day before.

The storms brought dangerous winds, uprooted trees, brought down power lines and flooded major streets. Some areas received more than 100 millimetres of rain on Wednesday.

Toronto fire officials handled just under 1,500 calls over 24 hours, describing it as their second-busiest day on record after the 2013 ice storm. City manager Paul Johnson called the event a “100-year storm” that caused widespread destruction in Toronto and surrounding areas.

Rogers Stadium, a 50,000-capacity venue in Toronto’s north end, ranked among the damaged structures. High winds ripped out bleachers and left parts of the grandstands partially collapsed. The Northern Tornadoes Project said the damage in Toronto appeared to have resulted from downbursts.

100-year storm

· Paul JohnsonToronto’s city manager used the phrase to describe the scale of the destruction.
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