

Joshua Freeman, CP24.com





Thousands of customers were without power north of Toronto Sunday night after strong winds swept through the province.

About 50,000 customers in Newmarket were without power as of 10:30 p.m., Hydro One reported on its website. The utility estimated those customers would see power restored around 1 a.m.

About 60,000 Hydro One customers total were without power throughout the province as of 10:30 p.m., the company reported.

In Aurora, 20,000 customers were in the dark, while 5,000 were also without power in Bradford, a PowerStream spokesperson told CP24. Power was also expected to be restored to those areas around 1 a.m.

The outages come as much of the GTA remains under a wind warning issued by Environment Canada Sunday.

“Strong southerly winds have developed ahead of a cold front over southwestern Ontario. Winds of 50 kilometres per hour gusting up to 80 kilometres per hour have been reported in a few places,” the agency said in a wind warning updated Sunday evening.

The warning covers Toronto and much of the GTA.

Strong southwesterly winds are expected to bring much colder air to the region late Sunday and into Monday morning, Environment Canada said.

In Toronto, localized flooding was also reported in some areas after an estimated 10 to 15 millimetres of rain fell on the city throughout the day. However no major damage was reported.

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