Ontario storm captured in wild weather photos

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.

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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.

When the system reached Toronto, stormwatchers snapped some wild pictures of the clouds above the cityscape.

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.

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.

All of the storm tweeting eventually prompted police to issue a cheeky reminder