Severe storm watch for Greater Toronto Area
Posted July 11, 2010 3:14 pm.
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TORONTO, Ont. – Thunderstorm watches and warnings continue for Toronto, Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Markham.
There have also been watches for areas to the north including Barrie and Collingwood.
Environment Canada has lifted warnings for Mississauga, Brampton, Burlington, Oakville, Halton Hills and Milton; however, earlier Sunday there were reports from Halton Hills of power outages near the middle of Georgetown, in the Highway 7 and Mountainview Road area.
One witness described the weather conditions earlier as dangerous.
“The sky just started spitting and the sky opened. I ran to my car and I couldn’t see,” he said. “It was raining so hard. The winds were so strong that my car was rocking. There was hail and rain. There were people who were camping out here because its the 72-hour tournament for breast cancer awareness and the tents were going everywhere.”
Main threats with these storms include heavy wind gusts, downpours and hail.
