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Storms Leave Thousands Without Power | Toronto News
Severe thunderstorms tore through Ontario and Quebec, plunging 35,000 homes into darkness after earlier outages affected over 250,000 in Ontario and 140,000 in Quebec. Blazing heat preceded the storms—with Oshawa hitting 35.2°C (a 1931 record) and Toronto Pearson soaring to 36°C with a humidex near 48. High winds uprooted trees and snapped power lines, with gusts hitting 119 km/h near Lake Saint-Pierre. Firefighters in Blainville battled trapped elevator riders and blocked roads. Hydro One and Hydro-Québec crews raced to restore power, with Hydro-Québec predicting most outages fixed by 11…
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