Thousands of people in Ontario are without power after a messy mix of freezing rain and thunderstorms pummeled parts of the province, with downpours and possible ice storms still in the forecast.
Hydro One says crews are responding as an outage map shows thousands of customers without power this morning.
The reported outages are concentrated in central Ontario, where Environment Canada has issued weather warnings and forecasts of multiple thunderstorms and around 50 millimetres of rainfall through tonight.
In eastern Ontario, the agency was calling for prolonged periods of freezing rain with potential ice storm conditions, prompting school bus cancellations in Ottawa….