Snow seemingly endless, extreme cold and a mixture of ice and frozen rain granules. In much of Canada, it has been an unpleasant festive weekend for the weather.
The strong snowfall hit parts of Ontario and Quebec on Sunday in the second severe storm of the week. Meanwhile, people in parts of the west of Canada experienced an extreme cold for a third day. And another storm reached the maritime, bringing strong snow and icy conditions that were expected to last until Monday.
Environment Canada issued winter storm warnings for much of eastern Ontario and West of Quebec. Experts in emergency preparation urged people to stay at home if possible in Ottawa when the city faced its second heavy snow discharge in recent days.
Similarly, in Toronto, Environment Canada warned Sunday that travel conditions could “deteriorate quickly” on Sunday morning, with driving and walking more and more difficult and even dangerous in some areas.
Environment Canada said that southern Ontario could wait 15 to 25 centimeters of additional snow. For much of eastern Ontario and Quebec, the weather service predicted another 25 to 40 centimeters of snowfall.
Accidents in eastern Ontario
The Provincial Police of the Eastern Region of Ontario was asking people to avoid trips as visibility worsened. The officers were sent to a single vehicle reinvestment on the 401 highway to the east of Kingston, Ontario, on Sunday morning, police said in X, adding that there were no injuries.
In Clarington, Ontario, the police were called to the scene of a tractor trailer with a cat on the 401 highway during the night. Police said the driver lost control and the truck checked the median by blowing snow.
Meanwhile, the Central Region of OPP asked people to take emergency detour routes in Northumberland County, east of Oshawa, Ontario, as the conditions worsened for road drivers.
Several dozen flights were canceled or delayed on Sunday morning at Toronto Pearson International Airport in the middle of strong snowfall.
Toronto Pearson published in X that the airport had accumulated more than 12 centimeters of snow from 8 am et on Sunday and waited another 15 centimeters at the end of the day.
Heavy snow forecast in Quebec
The city of Montreal and Quebec was expected to receive up to 40 centimeters of snow, and the municipalities of the East of the Province and the Gaspé Peninsula could obtain even more.
Strong winds and snow are also expected in parts of the maritime provinces, with strong winds that are expected to last until Monday in some areas.
CBC PEI meteorologist Jay Scotland said the main concern is the possible interruptions, with an icy rain in the mixture. He said that the heaviest accumulation of snow and ice perdition will probably fall on west of PEI, with the most recent information that shows more than 10 to 20 centimeters possible tonight and during the night.
Most of the West of Canada was beaten with extremely cold winds on Saturday night and Environment Canada said that extreme cold warnings, reported for the first time on Friday, would continue in the week.
The weather service said that temperatures would fall between -30 C and -50 C in many areas.
The warnings are in their place for most Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
The cold climate occurs after weeks of soft temperatures caused by Chinooks in December and January.
