Tens of thousands without power as Ontario’s ice storm turns to downpour

Tens of thousands of folks throughout the GTA and southern Ontario are without power Monday morning after a spring ice storm lashed lashed a lot of the province for 2 days.  Toronto Hydro crews are working to restore power to some 44,000 prospects within the metropolis, whereas 68,000 prospects of the provincial utility Hydro One are disconnected.  Excessive winds and heavy rain in a single day snapped limbs from timber, downing power traces and poles.  The combination of snow, freezing rain, ice pellets, rain and highly effective winds that battered the area Saturday and Sunday made driving treacherous, with provincial police reporting greater than 1,450 non-fatal crashes over the 2 days. The storm additionally performed havoc with air visitors, with greater than 600 flights cancelled at Toronto’s Pearson Worldwide Airport and plenty of others delayed — usually for hours. Toronto’s downtown Billy Bishop airport cancelled all departing flights on Sunday and obtained just one arrival all day. Police continued to warn drivers early Monday to be ready for harmful circumstances on the province’s roadways.  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-ice-storm-rain-hydro-power-out-1.4621121?cmp=rss