{"id":791132,"date":"2026-07-09T19:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/791132\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:02:13","slug":"toronto-weather-severe-thunderstorm-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/791132\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto weather: Severe thunderstorm on the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"b-date-custom__date-item\">Updated:\u00a0July 09, 2026 at 3:01PM EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"b-date-custom__date-item\">Published:\u00a0July 09, 2026 at 1:31PM EDT<\/p>\n<p>CP24\u2019s Bill Coulter says muggy weather could create showers and thunderstorms in the GTA. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Toronto and much of the GTHA is under a severe thunderstorm watch as Environment Canada warns \u201cstrong wind gusts\u201d and \u201cheavy rain\u201d is on the way. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The national <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/en\/location\/index.html?coords=43.655,-79.383\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/en\/location\/index.html?coords=43.655,-79.383\">weather agency says<\/a> localized rainfall amounts of up to 60 millimetres and wind gusts reaching 90 km\/h are possible this afternoon and into the early evening. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officials also issued a more <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/en\/location\/index.html?coords=43.655,-79.383\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/en\/location\/index.html?coords=43.655,-79.383\">localized thunderstorm warning<\/a> for a storm moving east at 55 km\/h from Halton Hills toward Kilbride, with damaging wind gusts of up to 110 km\/h and torrential downpours expected along its path.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to both warnings, the agency says the storm is expected to travel through Milton, Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga and Toronto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Environment Canada says some areas could receive higher rainfall totals if multiple thunderstorms move over the same location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The warning also notes that the storms could damage roofs, fences, tree branches and other structures, emphasizing that heavy rain may also lead to flash flooding and significantly reduced visibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Residents are urged to seek shelter immediately if threatening weather approaches, avoid driving through flooded roadways and secure loose outdoor objects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated:\u00a0July 09, 2026 at 3:01PM EDT Published:\u00a0July 09, 2026 at 1:31PM EDT CP24\u2019s Bill Coulter says muggy weather&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[712,49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-791132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791132","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=791132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}