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SpookyTheCat	Jun 8 2008, 09:32 PM
~Shortstop had me at Hi..~ Posts: 10,713 Group: Admin Member #245 Joined: May 2, 2004	Wild weather belts region By JENNI DUNNING, SUN MEDIA A witch’s brew of nasty weather lashed Southwestern Ontario late today, packing daylight darkness, heavy rain and reports of tornados. A funnel cloud was seen near Lucan, north of London, and there were unconfirmed tornado-funnel clouds reports near Sombra, in Lambton County, and near Burgessville in Oxford County. Police across the region had reported no injuries, but many area residents were left dealing with flying debris and fallen trees and power lines. It was the region’s first brush of the season with the kind of wild — even deadly — weather that can errupt amid changing weather conditions in intense heat and humidity. “It just all of a sudden got really dark and windy and poured rain,” said Meghan James of Corunna, in Lambton. “I saw a big tree on top of a house with the window smashed in.” In London, early-evening skies turned black amid heavy rain and high winds that sent construction and other debris flying and turned some city streets, especially in the dowtown, into mini-creeks. While damage in most places seemed limited to large tree branches ripped away, the fallout was more serious in some other places in London. A large tree came crashing down along Boler Road, just north of Byron Baseline Road, blocking traffic in both directions and bringing down power lines, one driver said. Some people were driving on sidewalks to get around the tree, the driver added. Environment Canada had warned tornadoes and severe thunderstorms could result today, with damaging winds and hail, as an eastward-moving weather front moved across the region. Toronto was also briefly placed under a tornado watch. More settled and cooler weather are in this week’s area forecast, with daytime highs expected to fall to 24 C by Tuesday from 31 today.


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