{"id":835169,"date":"2026-09-03T14:36:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/835169\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T14:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:36:26","slug":"damaging-storms-across-southern-ontario-flood-streets-and-leave-thousands-without-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/835169\/","title":{"rendered":"Damaging storms across southern Ontario flood streets and leave thousands without power"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vehicles drive through flood water along Yonge St. in midtown Toronto during a storm on Wednesday.John Chidley-Hill\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Thousands across the Greater Toronto Area and parts of Ontario\u2019s Golden Horseshoe remain without power after a severe storm flooded streets, knocked down trees and utility lines.<\/p>\n

Toronto Hydro reported early Thursday that roughly 8,300 homes and businesses were still in the dark, while provincial power supplier Hydro One, said more than 47,000 customers remained offline.<\/p>\n

Localized flooding forced the closure of some major roadways, including parts of Yonge Street and the Don Valley Parkway, and suspended subway service in some areas during the Wednesday afternoon rush hour.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Toronto officials said they received roughly 1,000 requests for service and have deployed crews to deal with storm-related issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cCity crews have been clearing debris and sediment and sweeping roadways since flood waters began receding overnight,\u201d the city said on its website.<\/p>\n

\u201cClosures will remain in place until cleanup operations are complete and the roadways are determined to be safe for reopening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow was set to give an update on the city\u2019s cleanup efforts Thursday morning, with more information expected throughout the day.<\/p>\n

The intense weather brought torrential rain, large hail and the risk of a tornado to wide swaths of southern Ontario as skies darkened over downtown Toronto and hail pummelled neighbourhoods further north.<\/p>\n

Video on social media showed large hail falling and downpours flooding vehicles and bus stations, sending people running for cover. <\/p>\n

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A downed tree and power line is seen in Toronto during a storm.Keito Newman\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

David Sills, director of the Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University, said there was \u201cno credible evidence\u201d at this stage that a tornado occurred as part of Wednesday\u2019s storms, but the organization continues to receive reports and analyze them.<\/p>\n

A survey team was heading Thursday for the community of Brodhagen, in the municipality of West Perth, where the worst damage appeared to have occurred, Sills said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe team will have a lot of area to cover in the next couple of days,\u201d he said in an e-mail.<\/p>\n

The storm also caused flight delays and cancellations at Toronto\u2019s Pearson airport, and left some serious damage to Rogers Stadium, a 50,000-capacity music venue in the city\u2019s north end.<\/p>\n

The airport said operations were \u201creturning to normal\u201d Thursday morning but encouraged travellers to check with their airline as some flight schedules were affected by the storm. Pearson received about 40 millimetres of rain during the storm, it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Vehicles drive through flood water along Yonge St. in midtown Toronto during a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[2428,2416,2429,4,2408,2430,103,2407,2422,2423,2418,2409,2406,101,526,192,2421,2414,2441,2410,2411,2420,2417,149,983,2431,2413,2436,2437,2439,2434,2438,2432,2435,2412,2425,2426,111,2424,2433,79,2415,74,2427,2419,194,965,2440],"class_list":["post-835169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-science","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}