Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy
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<b><i>The weather here is extremely bad and I can’t sleep with the noise of the winds and debris moving outside. It’s pretty bad. One woman was already killed in Toronto and we have yet to get the worst of it. Apparently the worst of the storm will hit about the same time I am driving to work at 4:30 am.
Have a great Tuesday everyone and stay safe! </i></b>
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"Toronto police say a huge gust of wind caused a business sign to fall apart Monday night, killing a woman with flying debris.
The incident occurred on Keele Street near St. Clair Avenue at around 7:30 p.m. Witnesses said the sign could be seen swaying back and forth.
The woman, who has yet to be publicly identified by police, could be Ontario’s first victim of powerful cyclone Sandy, a fall storm carrying hurricane-strength winds and wreaking havoc south of the border.
Sandy made landfall along the coast of southern New Jersey just before 8 p.m. but the storm caused damage and widespread power outages across Toronto before the cyclone even reached its full potential.
About 3,500 customers in Toronto reported being without power, a spokesperson for Toronto Hydro told CP24 at around 8 p.m. By 8:40 p.m., that number jumped to about 6,000 customers.
HydroOne reported having 29,000 customers without power across the GTA. A large chunk of those outages were being reported in Chatham and Walkerton.
In Mississauga, 2,000 customers reported being without power. Most of the outages were based in south Mississauga, according to Ennersource.
There are no school closures to report in the GTA but school boards have said they will make their decision Tuesday morning.
Rain and strong winds were also reported but CP24 Meteorologist Chris Potter said the weather conditions would likely worsen overnight.
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