This is the result of atmospheric lows over the southern and eastern parts of Canada. The consequence for southern Ontario around Toronto, as well as parts of Quebec, including the Montreal area, is heavy freezing rain, with up to 15 mm forecast. Elsewhere in Quebec, snow is expected, with up to half a meter of rainfall expected by Tuesday. This is accompanied by strong winds, from 70 to 90 km per hour, which are expected to blow until Tuesday evening. On Monday evening, approximately 50,000. customers in both provinces were still without power, French-language public broadcaster Radio-Canada reported.
How many people were without power in Ontario?
What alerts were issued for Toronto residents?
How many ambulance calls were there in Montreal?
What were the weather conditions like in Atlantic Canada?
The Canadian Press reported that there were about 100 ambulance calls per hour in Montreal on Monday, twice as many as usual.
Canceled flights, alerts for residents. Canada is fighting weather armageddon
An alert from Ministry of Environment meteorologists for Toronto residents warned Monday afternoon local time to secure items left outside buildings, stay away from downed power lines and prepare for transportation problems and power outages.
On Monday afternoon and evening, storms and rainfall also reached three Atlantic provinces of Canada, i.e. Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. There, the wind can gust up to 140 km per hour.
At Toronto and Montreal airports, some flights were canceled and some were delayed. On Monday afternoon, the airport in Halifax, Nova Scotia, suspended flights until conditions improve, public broadcaster CBC reported.
