Ottawa gets second snow storm in a week
A winter storm that was supposed to skirt just south of Ottawa has moved in to drop another heavy load of snow in the region.
About 12 centimetres of snow has already fallen today and Environment Canada said it expects a total of 15 to 25 centimetres before the storm tapers off in the evening.
Ottawa commuters found their drive slow going in the morning as the second blast of snow in less than a week hit the region. More than 40 cm of snow fell on the ground Friday.
While Ottawa and the surrounding area had already had its first snowstorm last Friday, the storm gave Toronto its first taste of winter of the season. More than 100 flights in and out of Pearson International Airport were cancelled.
The road report for Highways 401, 416, 17 and 7 said those major thoroughfares were snow-covered and slippery this morning.
South Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police said Thursday they have responded to more than a dozen minor collisions on Highway 401 near Kingston.
The Kingston region was under a winter storm warning and saw a reported 30 cm of snow by 11:30 a.m. ET.
The storm is expected to move into Quebec and New Brunswick later Thursday.
445 homes without power in west Quebec
The timing of the storm is poor for the hundreds of households in west Quebec who have been without power for six days since Friday's major snow storm.
Hydro Quebec had reported 2,000 customers were without power yesterday, but that number has been reduced to 445 as of Thursday morning. At the height of the power outage, more than 110,000 Hydro Quebec customers were without power.
With many blacked out customers in remote or isolated areas, workers had to don snowshoes or borrow snowmobiles to reach them.
source: Ottawa gets second snow storm in a week - Ottawa - CBC News
A winter storm that was supposed to skirt just south of Ottawa has moved in to drop another heavy load of snow in the region.
About 12 centimetres of snow has already fallen today and Environment Canada said it expects a total of 15 to 25 centimetres before the storm tapers off in the evening.
Ottawa commuters found their drive slow going in the morning as the second blast of snow in less than a week hit the region. More than 40 cm of snow fell on the ground Friday.
While Ottawa and the surrounding area had already had its first snowstorm last Friday, the storm gave Toronto its first taste of winter of the season. More than 100 flights in and out of Pearson International Airport were cancelled.
The road report for Highways 401, 416, 17 and 7 said those major thoroughfares were snow-covered and slippery this morning.
South Frontenac Ontario Provincial Police said Thursday they have responded to more than a dozen minor collisions on Highway 401 near Kingston.
The Kingston region was under a winter storm warning and saw a reported 30 cm of snow by 11:30 a.m. ET.
The storm is expected to move into Quebec and New Brunswick later Thursday.
445 homes without power in west Quebec
The timing of the storm is poor for the hundreds of households in west Quebec who have been without power for six days since Friday's major snow storm.
Hydro Quebec had reported 2,000 customers were without power yesterday, but that number has been reduced to 445 as of Thursday morning. At the height of the power outage, more than 110,000 Hydro Quebec customers were without power.
With many blacked out customers in remote or isolated areas, workers had to don snowshoes or borrow snowmobiles to reach them.
source: Ottawa gets second snow storm in a week - Ottawa - CBC News
