People in the eastern half of Canada are digging after another monstrous storm threw large amounts of snow for the second time in recent days, with harder Quebec parts.
The snow has caused travel interruptions in Ontario and Quebec, with cancellations of trains, vehicle collisions and an incident that involves an incoming flight of Delta Air Lines at Toronto Pearson airport that saw at least eight people injured.
Montreal and Laval, which., Reported that about 40 centimeters of snow had fallen from 1 in the morning on Monday, with 35 centimeters accumulated in the municipalities of the East.
In Montreal, Snow is expected to continue until Monday. Environment Canada has issued a snowstorm warning for much of the southern and Quebec center along St. Lawrence, as well as the Gaspé Peninsula.
The spokesman of the city of Montreal, Philippe Sabourin, said on Monday that in the last five days, the city has seen about 40 percent of the snow that generally receives in an average winter, for a total of at least 70 centimeters, And it will be “quite challenge” to clarify everything.
Sabourin said the equipment has at least eight days of snow load, or extraction, ahead of them while the plows work at 1,000 kilometers of streets. He said that most streets have already been clear, but about 50 percent of sidewalks still need work. The garbage collection has been canceled by the week, he added, due to the need to first eliminate the large snow benches.
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Many nurseries, along with primary and secondary schools in English and French, in the Montreal metropolitan area are closed on Monday due to snow.
Police have been urging motorists to avoid non -essential trips. Sabourin advised people who work from home if they can on Monday because the province does not observe a holiday like other provinces.
Ontario is marking family day, so schools and many companies are scheduled to remain closed and lighter traffic is expected.
Environment Canada had issued its winter storm warning throughout southern Ontario and Quebec on Saturday.
The great consecutive snow landfills in Quebec have hindered the lives of travelers. But for the avid skiers and winter sports enthusiasts, the strong Nevada was great news.
For Sunday, the storm attended the two provinces for the second winter strike since Thursday, when between 20 and 40 centimeters or more, depending on the region.
“The situation has been attenuated in southern Ontario, so there is at least a certain relief for those regions,” said Jean-Philippe Bégin, a meteorologist to prefer the environment and climate change of Canada, and added that around 25 to 30 centimeters of snow fell into the Metropolitan area of Toronto.
Similar conditions were observed in southeast Ontario, with more than 30 centimeters of snow covering the Ottawa area. To the west of Toronto, Hamilton received 32 centimeters of snow, said Environment Canada.
Although Environment Canada raised its storm warning for the Toronto Metropolitan Area on Sunday night, the weather service said that a warning of snow tubes remains in force for communities along the Bruce Peninsula to the west and in the Georgian bay area to the north, from 30 to 60 it was expected that the centimeters would fall from Monday morning to Tuesday.
After a storm in the middle of the week he brought 40 centimeters of snow, Toronto was hit with another 26 centimeters, and everything has to go somewhere.
Toronto Plouch Snow driver, Zach McLeod, said that cleaning the streets of the center will be a challenge.
“The snow is so much that the city center is not really many places to put the snow,” he said.
Slow process to move lots of snow
Vincent Sferrazza, director of Operations and Maintenance of Toronto for transport services, said the priority is The whole city.
Sferrazza said city officials expect snow to take three weeks to complete.
The officials of the city of Toronto said Monday that they will spend weeks before the teams can completely eliminate snow after the consecutive snow storms covered much of the region. They also warn drivers who are not in certain areas or risk receiving a ticket.
“The last time we needed to eliminate snow from this magnitude was in January 2022, when we received approximately 50 to 55 centimeters,” he said at a media conference on Monday.
According to a press release from the city Monday, snow removal will be carried out first in the main travel arteries, and parking is prohibited on all snow routes, which includes all tram routes.
Delayed flights, the plane turned to the track
Shortly before 3 pm et, a position shared by Toronto Pearson airport declared that it was aware of “an incident when landing that involves a Delta Air Lines plane that arrives from Minneapolis.”
A photo presented to CBC News by a passenger showed a plane turned on his back on the track.
All passengers and crew are taken into account, according to the statement. Paramedics from the Peel region were evaluating at least eight individuals. According to ORNGE, the Ontario Air Ambulance Service, three of the people have been transported to the hospital with critical lesions, including a pediatric patient.
The flights were canceled or delayed at Pearson and Montreal-Tudeau International Airport on Monday, and officials warned travelers to review their flight status before heading to the airport.
On Monday, the winter storm was canceled more than 15 in railway trains along the city of the city of Windsor-Quebec due to the winter storm.
For motorists, the conditions quickly deteriorated in the two provinces on Sunday. In Quebec, the Provincial Police reported a large collision on the 20th Highway near Drummondville, about 90 kilometers northeast of Montreal. Twenty vehicles were involved, including transport trucks, but no injuries were reported.
The Provincial Police of Ontario reported around 200 collisions for a 24 -hour period, and 150 vehicles were caught in the snow.
Extreme cold in the grasslands
In western Canada, extreme cold warnings remained in force on Monday in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Windchill values are expected around –40 C A –45 C to continue halfway.
The weather service said that in the middle of Monday morning, Key Lake in the northern Saskatchewan center was the “cold point” of the country to a cold –48.5 C.
Environment Canada said temperatures will begin to increase before Thursday in those three provinces. They will still be in two -digit negative territory in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, but increase just a few degrees below Friday. Temperatures will be on the positive side in the south of Alberta from Thursday.
Frozen rain
On the other side of the maritime on Sunday, it was snow, strong winds and icy rain. It was expected that the center and northern Brunswick would obtain more than 35 centimeters of snow, and an frozen rain warning was in force in New Scotland.
Two fire trucks slid off the road on the way to a call on Sunday and one of them ended up in Queens County, southwest Halifax.
The slippery conditions on Halifax continued on Monday for the holiday of the province, on Heritage Day.
Environment Canada issued a wind warning for Prince Eduardo island for Monday. It is expected that the winds are around 90 km/h at its peak, causing snow that blows and demolishing visibility.
