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Severe winds could hit the Ottawa area
By Meghan Hurley, OTTAWA CITIZEN November 18, 2013 10:01 AM
This NOAA satellite image was taken Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 at 1:45 a.m. EST. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Weather Underground
OTTAWA — Hold onto your hat on Monday because it’s going to be a windy day.
Environment Canada issued a special weather statement Monday morning to warn residents about strong winds in Ottawa, Gatineau, Brockville, Cornwall and surrounding areas.
The weather statement issued shortly after 5 a.m. said wind gusts in those areas could reach 80 km/h.
“Environment Canada continues to closely monitor this developing situation closely,” the statement said.
Several Ottawa residents tweeted Monday morning that the wind woke them up a few times during the night.
The wind was expected in Ottawa after a line of severe storms swept across southern and eastern Ontario Sunday night, bringing heavy rain and winds gusting to 90-kilometres an hour.
Hydro One said at the height of the storm the power was knocked out to well over 100,000 homes and businesses between Windsor and the Kingston area.
In the Greater Toronto Area some 70,000 customers were left in the dark, and another 24,000 in London, but crews worked through the night to get the lights back on.
As of 7 a.m. Monday, several thousand customers remained without power but the utility expected to have most back up by later in the day.
The weather system roared into Ontario after punishing the American Midwest with tornadoes and thunderstorms that left at least six dead in Illinois.
In the central Illinois town of Washington, a twister obliterated entire neighbourhoods, flipping vehicles, uprooting trees, and ripping down power lines.
The storms also caused damage in Kentucky, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.
mhurley@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/meghan_hurley-With files from Canadian Press
© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen
By Meghan Hurley, OTTAWA CITIZEN November 18, 2013 10:01 AM
This NOAA satellite image was taken Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 at 1:45 a.m. EST. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Weather Underground
OTTAWA — Hold onto your hat on Monday because it’s going to be a windy day.
Environment Canada issued a special weather statement Monday morning to warn residents about strong winds in Ottawa, Gatineau, Brockville, Cornwall and surrounding areas.
The weather statement issued shortly after 5 a.m. said wind gusts in those areas could reach 80 km/h.
“Environment Canada continues to closely monitor this developing situation closely,” the statement said.
Several Ottawa residents tweeted Monday morning that the wind woke them up a few times during the night.
The wind was expected in Ottawa after a line of severe storms swept across southern and eastern Ontario Sunday night, bringing heavy rain and winds gusting to 90-kilometres an hour.
Hydro One said at the height of the storm the power was knocked out to well over 100,000 homes and businesses between Windsor and the Kingston area.
In the Greater Toronto Area some 70,000 customers were left in the dark, and another 24,000 in London, but crews worked through the night to get the lights back on.
As of 7 a.m. Monday, several thousand customers remained without power but the utility expected to have most back up by later in the day.
The weather system roared into Ontario after punishing the American Midwest with tornadoes and thunderstorms that left at least six dead in Illinois.
In the central Illinois town of Washington, a twister obliterated entire neighbourhoods, flipping vehicles, uprooting trees, and ripping down power lines.
The storms also caused damage in Kentucky, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.
mhurley@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/meghan_hurley-With files from Canadian Press
© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen
