{"id":778395,"date":"2026-07-03T20:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/778395\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T20:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:59:11","slug":"toronto-weather-severe-thunderstorm-watch-heat-warning-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/778395\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto weather: Severe thunderstorm watch, heat warning remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Environment Canada <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/en\/location\/index.html?coords=43.655,-79.383\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/en\/location\/index.html?coords=43.655,-79.383\">has issued a severe thunderstorm watch<\/a> for Toronto as heat warning remains in effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The national weather agency says conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms, which could produce strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThunderstorms may quickly develop over the area today,\u201d Environment Canada said in its advisory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cLocal utility outages are possible. There is a risk of injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Downed trees and power lines blocked some roads and damaged property in Newmarket following a \u201csignificant weather event,\u201d York Regional Police said, noting that they received multiple calls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Videos shared with CP24 show vehicles dodge a large tree on Bathurst Street, south of Mulock Drive. The tree also toppled down utility lines.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/QMHS7IYFZFGV5AA5EBRLPQPVPE.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>Downed tree A downed tree is blocking a lane on Bathurst Street south of Mulock Drive in Newmarket on Friday, July 3, 2026. (John Kohler) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the city continues to bake under the \u201clong-duration heat event.\u201d As of 3 p.m., the city has reached a high of 34.7 C with a humidex of 44.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Environment Canada says hot conditions are expected to last until Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For anyone going to outdoor watch parties to see Canada\u2019s Round of 16 match against Morocco, it will be a mix of sun and cloud on Saturday with 40 per cent chance of showers and a high of 31 C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">There will be some relief on Sunday with a high of 26 C, cloudy conditions and a 30 per cent chance of showers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Toronto as heat warning remains in effect. The national&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[712,43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-778395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-apple-news","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}