PHOTOS: Powerful line of storms sweeps southern Ontario
Damage and outages were reported across parts of southern Ontario on Thursday afternoon
A stout line of severe thunderstorms swept through southern Ontario on Thursday afternoon with high winds and torrential downpours.
The storms brought down trees and power lines throughout the region, producing enough rainfall to cause localized flooding.
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Hydro One reported more than 6,000 outages as of 4:10 p.m. on Thursday, mostly concentrated across southwestern portions of the province.
Winds gusted close to 100 km/h in some communities as the heart of the storms arrived. Many areas picked up 15-25+ mm of rain in short order, which led to flooding issues on some area roadways.
A renewed threat for thunderstorms will build over southern Ontario during the day Friday, some of which may pack small hail, strong wind gusts, and heavy rainfall.
See some of the damage and impacts from Thursday’s storms, below.
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