Storm leaves power outages several roads flooded across Greater Toronto Area
Emergency crews across the Greater Toronto Area are responding to multiple reports of flooding and power outages after a strong storm system moved through the region on Saturday.
Environment Canada first declared a thunderstorm warning in Toronto and other surrounding municipalities later in the afternoon. In Toronto, the warning was cancelled just before 6 p.m. before another one was issued roughly half an hour later. The second warning was dropped just after 8:15 p.m.
At 8 p.m., the Toronto Police Service tweeted out an announcement reporting there was a high volume of calls. Officers encouraged people who were looking to call about downed trees or wires to call 311.
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Peel Regional Police reported on Twitter that there were calls for flooding in the community.
In Mississauga, Global News observed flooded out sections of roads and on a portion of Derry Road West a few vehicles appeared to be stuck in a flooded out section. Similar issues were reported on social media in Toronto.
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A Toronto Fire Services spokesperson told Global News firefighters received dozens of calls from people trapped in elevators due to power outages as well as flooding and downed wires.
A spokesperson for Toronto Hydro told Global News Saturday evening that approximately 13,000 customers lost power after the storm system. Most of those outages were in Etobicoke.
This is a developing story that will be updated.
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