Snowstorm hammers Toronto; some flights cancelled
The snow began to fall just before 7 a.m. on Wednesday, leading to a messy commute and flight cancellations across the region. GTAA spokesman Scott Armstrong told 680News that up to 15 per cent of...
View ArticleFlood safety tips ahead of Toronto’s spring rains, summer thunderstorms
Last July, Toronto endured one of the worst thunderstorms in decades that dumped 126 millimetres of rain in 90 minutes, flooding basements, creating flash floods in the city’s west end and downtown...
View ArticleHydro crews continue clean up in Markham, GTA
Hydro crews continue clean up in parts of Markham and throughout the GTA after a powerful storm tore through the region Tuesday.
View ArticleAngus community bands together after tornado
Tammie Sutherland is in Angus, Ont. Wednesday morning after a tornado struck the community Tuesday, damaging dozens of homes. No one was seriously injured. The Angus Recreation Centre was available...
View ArticleEssa Township mayor surveys Angus damage
Mayor Terry Dowdall speaks with Tammie Sutherland on Stonemount Crescent, one of the most badly hit areas in Tuesday’s tornado in Angus.
View ArticleToronto marks 60 years since Hurricane Hazel destruction
It was 60 years ago on this date that remnants of Hurricane Hazel slammed into southern Ontario, including the GTA, leaving behind a trail of destruction. On Oct. 15, 1954, the hurricane made landfall...
View ArticleIN PHOTOS: Floods, flipped sheds & downed trees after windy night
[View the story “IN PHOTOS: Floods, flipped sheds, and ripped up trees as winds tear through southern Ontario” on Storify] Mobile users click here to see a gallery of photos from Monday night’s wind...
View ArticleVideo: Preparing for the winter storm
As much as 10 centimetres of snow may fall in the next 24 hours. CityNews reporter Anna Vlachos has ways you can make sure you’re prepared for your commute.
View ArticleForecasters apologize for predictions of U.S. Northeast storm
New Englanders hit by a blizzard packing knee-high snowfall and hurricane-force winds began digging out Wednesday as some New Yorkers and others spared its full fury questioned whether forecasts were...
View ArticleToronto & GTA power outage: Your reaction
More than 18,000 customers are left in the dark after a power outage struck many homes across the GTA and Toronto [View the story “Toronto & GTA power outage: Your reaction” on Storify] Click here...
View ArticleExplosions rock flooded Houston-area chemical plant
Major dangers loomed over the U.S. Gulf Coast area Thursday with the continued threat of serious flooding near the Texas-Louisiana line and after a series of explosions at a flooded chemical plant,...
View ArticleHurricane Irma now Cat. 4 storm as it heads for Caribbean, Florida
Hurricane Irma grew into a powerful Category 4 storm Monday as it approached the northeastern Caribbean and was forecast to begin buffeting the region Tuesday. The storm had maximum sustained winds of...
View ArticleHurricane Irma toll hits 10, increasing threat for Florida
Fearsome Hurricane Irma cut a path of devastation across the northern Caribbean, leaving at least 10 dead and thousands homeless after destroying buildings and uprooting trees on a track Thursday that...
View ArticleIrma now a tropical storm, 10 dead in U.S.
Hurricane Irma has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, but the damage is already done. Ten people are dead in the United States and 35 have been killed in the Caribbean in the wake of the storm....
View ArticleHurricane Maria lashes Dominica, now menaces other islands
Hurricane Maria pounded the small island of Dominica with catastrophic winds overnight, starting a charge into the eastern Caribbean that threatens islands already devastated by Hurricane Irma and...
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Maria destroys homes, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico
The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years destroyed hundreds of homes, knocked out power across the entire island and triggered heavy flooding Wednesday in an onslaught that could...
View Article‘Very intense’ winter storm shuts schools, offices in Atlantic Canada
A massive and powerful storm pummelled Atlantic Canada on Thursday, shutting down everything from schools to bridges as wind, rain and snow thrashed the region. “This is a very large, very intense...
View ArticleMore flooding expected as deadly nor’easter moves out to sea
People along the U.S. Northeast coast braced for more flooding during high tides Saturday even as the powerful storm that inundated roads, snapped trees and knocked out power to more than 2 million...
View ArticleSubmerged streetcar, flash flooding, stalled vehicles: your pictures from the...
The powerful storm system that drenched Toronto Tuesday night triggered flash flooding, power outages and paralyzed traffic across the city. Here are some of your pictures and videos from the wild...
View ArticleCleanup underway after rare, powerful storm hammers Toronto
Parts of Toronto are still cleaning up after a month’s worth of rain fell in a couple of hours on Tuesday night, causing massive flooding on the streets, inside homes and buildings, and on the TTC. A...
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