Environment Canada has called off the winter storm warning for Toronto and the GTA. The remaining weather advisory is now in place calling for strong winds picking up to 80 km/h, flurries and scattered blowing snow that will last into the evening.
seems to have passed after the “once in a decade” weather event of freezing rain, heavy snowfall and gusting winds eased into the weekend.“There is no question that the storm and the amount of snow were much less than expected, and that’s good news for everyone,” said Mayor John Tory during a press conference Saturday morning.
Pennsylvania-based PJM Interconnection issued the emergency call for conservation system-wide — asking residents in 13 states to set thermostats lower than usual, to postpone use of major appliances like stoves and dishwashers and to turn off nonessential lights. Commercial and industrial power users have also been asked to cut back.
PJM territory covers all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. As millions of Americans were travelling ahead of Christmas, more than 5,700 flights within, into or out of the U.S. were cancelled Friday, according to the tracking site FlightAware. Multiple highways were closed and crashes claimed at least six lives, officials said.on Quebec, Ontario and B.C., and batter the Atlantic provinces with heavy rain and powerful winds.
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