A disorderly mixture of ice rain, ice pellets and heavy rains hit much of the area of the Great Toronto on Wednesday, when a second spring storm arrives in the region in less than a week and threatens to cause more power cuts.
Environment Canada has issued frost warnings and rain warnings during much of the GTA, saying that a brief period of frozen rain is expected in the afternoon, followed by heavy rains.
“The roads, the roads, the catwalks and the parking lots can become ice cream, slippery and dangerous,” says the warning.
The weather agency says that once temperatures increase, the downpour can cause sudden floods and water grouping on roads.
Between 30 and 50 millimeters of rain can fall for Thursday morning.
“With the expected thunderstorms, the amounts of rain can exceed 50 mm in some areas, particularly in the southwest of Ontario,” said Envément Canada.
The Federal Meteorological Agency did not specify how much icy rain is expected to fall, but said that the accumulation of “minor” ice is possible on some surfaces, which could make roads and frozen sidewalks, slippery and dangerous sidewalks.
Some flights were delayed or canceled at the Pearson airport in Toronto, and officials asked travelers to verify the status of their flight with their airlines.
Other parts of the southwest Ontario are in rain and rain frost, although the Canadian atmosphere said that the ice rain “will not be as significant as the ice storm last weekend.”
The following areas are expected to see two to four millimeters of frozen rain that continue until the night: Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Markham, Pickering, Oshawa, the southern region of Durham, Caledon, Halton Hills and Milton.
Between four and eight millimeters of frozen rain it is also possible in Newmarket, Georgina, the northern York region, Orillia, Lagoon City, Washago, Uxbridge, Beaverton, the northern region of Durham, Bracebridge, Genhurst, Barrie, Collingwood and Hillsdale.
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“As temperatures rise above the icy brand, the icy rain will go to the rain this afternoon. For locations on higher land, the ice rain can remain early tonight,” said Envlement Canada.
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The areas that are under warning warnings could also see east winds between 50 and 60 kilometers per hour, which can worsen any damage to the trees, said the Federal Meteorological Agency.
People are recommended to be careful when walking and driving, since the surfaces can become frost and slippery.
Power Utility Hydro One says that crews have been working 24 hours since the last storm blew, eliminating power to hundreds of thousands of houses in the south and east of Ontario.
With around 192,000 clients still in the dark, there is concern that the winds that accompany the last storm could trigger even more power cuts.
In a statement on Monday afternoon, Hydro One said that teams are already seeing dispersed interruptions in southwest Ontario as a result of strong winds.
“The teams are in full validity working together with our contractors and members of the team of another 18 ontarium utilities,” says the statement. Hydro One said they expect more help in that front in the next few days.
Since the beginning of the storm on March 28, authorities say, the teams have restored power to more than 80 percent of the affected customers, but they still expect restoration in the most affected areas to continue during the week, with most people online over the weekend.
“For remote areas, including customers to whom you can only contact water, the restoration can take longer,” says the statement. “Access to the road remains a challenge in the most affected areas, along with the safety concerns of the branches and the limbs of the low trees.”
Britany Burnside, who had no network from the network from the early hours of Saturday until Tuesday morning, headed for Costco on Wednesday to stock up on essential elements in the anticipation of the storm.
“We are going to the water and soup, because that was one of the things that we lack after a couple of days,” said Burnside, who lives in a small community near Georgia’s bay.
A shortage of fuel and food in some communities hit around the country of the Ontario cabin led the police to tell travelers to avoid the area. Meanwhile, several local conservation authorities issued flood warnings, since heavy rains were expected to leave the land already saturated and in the swollen rivers.
Burnside said trees talked by weekend ice storm were still aligned on the roads.
“Honestly it seems that a tornado went through everywhere,” he said.
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Ontario’s Prime Minister, Doug Ford, said the province has experienced “nothing like” weekend ice storm, speaking in Queen’s Park on Wednesday.
He said that 28,000 crew members are working to restore power, including teams that were removed from Saskatchewan, Quebec and New Brunswick.
“We have everyone focused on ensuring that we get up and go again,” he said.
Mayor Don Mcisaac de Orillia, who remained under a state of local emergency, said he felt relieved that the worst of the ice storm was behind them, but told the residents to remain alert.
“The city is actively preparing for this and will continue to adapt as the situation evolves,” he said in a statement.
The storm hunter and meteorologist Mark Robinson warned last week that the ice rain can be difficult to predict.
“You need such exact weather conditions for the ice rain to happen,” he said in an interview with CBC Radio’s Metro tomorrow on Friday. “If it is not perfect, you will get a change to snow or pure rain.”
The areas that are further north and east are more likely to see icy rain on Wednesday, with the risk of being lower in areas closer to Lake Ontario, said Brain Owsiak, a meteorologist at Environment Canada.
He said the rain during the weekend saturated much of the ground in the region.
“That leads to high levels of water in low areas … near rivers and streams, that could be a problem,” said Owsiak.
It is also possible to group and pond on roads and roads, he said.
