# Toronto battered by damaging storms, flooding and widespread outages

https://mins.news/en/video/44229

- Global News, 2026-09-03 18:12 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFt7zKdA5vM

> Powerful thunderstorms swept through Toronto and parts of southern Ontario on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain, large hail, damaging winds and widespread flooding. Toronto Hydro said about 65,000 customers lost power, while Mayor Olivia Chow said fire crews handled more than 1,000 calls.

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