Damage is ‘simply beyond comprehension’ as Ontario cleans up after deadly storm

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Power has been restored to most homes that lost service in Toronto, but many homes in other parts of the province remain in the dark two days after a powerful storm ripped through southern Ontario on Saturday.

Toronto Hydro said about 4,000 customers remained without power as of midday Monday, but that its repair crews had made “good progress” overnight and were continuing to work “around the clock.”

In Durham Region, where the storm hit communities like Uxbridge especially hard, electricity supplier Elexicon Energy repair efforts were continuing for 11,500 customers without power. Gerald Cheng, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said this weekend’s storm marked the first time deaths had been associated with damaging winds since May 4, 2018, when three people died.to have been a “derecho,” a widespread, long-lived wind storm associated with a line of thunderstorms.

 

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Beyond comprehension? Like the origins of gravity?

Uhhh, still LOTS of place in TO without power! 48 hours (and counting) without power is a long time!!

Lol really? Beyond comprehension Drama much?

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