Ontario storm captured in wild weather photos
Blazing hot temperatures give way to wall of thunderclouds in southern Ontario
A massive storm system rolled across parts of southern Ontario on Sunday, bringing tornado warnings, rain, hail and scenes Twitter users compared to the apocalyptic landscapes ofWar of the Worlds.
Police said there were unconfirmed reports of funnel clouds swirling in at least onerural area about an hour northwest of Toronto, and that multiple people were injured when high winds caused a party tent to collapse. Tens of thousands were left without power and flights were delayed at Toronto's Pearson airport.
The storm hit an area of the province that'swas in the gripof a heat wave that took hold last week,ushering in temperatures consistently over 30 C and days that felt as though it was approaching 40 C.
Hundreds of people took to Twitter to post photos and videos of the ominouswall of thundercloudsunder the hashtag #onstorm.
Many people noted that the path of the storm was telegraphed by huge shelf clouds.
This just dont look right. Not at all. #onStorm pic.twitter.com/3YPwJ6kRdt
—@nock4six
@CBCToronto how it looked in Whitby. #onstorm pic.twitter.com/0kavgvkuWd
—@mattonthemoon
Here it comes! #OnStorm #Toronto pic.twitter.com/c8vjDdyxMd
—@sfc37
This is what it was like driving on the 403 heading towards Oakville. #onstorm pic.twitter.com/83fo6oOwsA
—@georgefadel9
When the system reached Toronto, stormwatchers snapped some wild pictures of the clouds above the cityscape.
I'm no meteorologist but I'm guessing that it will rain soon in downtown #Toronto #onstorm pic.twitter.com/mPsMOF4yhw
—@ptempany
YouTube user Ed Hanley posted an incredible timelapse video of the storm rolling over Toronto:
There was also reports of "golfball sized" hail, wild winds andheavy downpours.
Golf ball-sized hail in #Waterloo #onstorm pic.twitter.com/jNNbYj9TPe
—@jasonthistle
@weathernetwork @KMacTWN Current conditions in Barrie pic.twitter.com/t3C9nvH2m6
—@MeganMadigan
#ONstorm Keswick 5:10pm. Dirt from the farmers fields in the distance being blown around from the strong wind. pic.twitter.com/EgmFeUDME7
—@Jenn9935
North Waterloo. Lots of motion on this storm. #onstorm pic.twitter.com/jTbNftiwL2
—@avsilver
The storm left a trail of downed trees and debris. A Volkswagon sedan was crushed in Torontoand at least one poor soul was left without pizza.
I guess the pizza man isn't visiting tonight. #onstorm pic.twitter.com/y8zACcA8I8
—@chadmbogo
Tree smashes a Volkswagen on Grace Street just north of College #cbcto pic.twitter.com/Keve6Kg0GH
—@NEWSneil
All of the storm tweeting eventually prompted police to issue a cheeky reminder
Don't tweet pics of the storm if you're driving, k? #onstorm
—@TPSChrisBoddy