'Potent' ice storm likely to hit huge swath of Ontario, including Toronto: Environment Canada

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 26, 2025 7:01 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

Environment Canada is informing that a "potent" outpouring crystal tempest volition apt deed a immense swath of Ontario starting Friday evening and extending into Monday.

The bureau has issued peculiar upwind statements calling for "significant crystal accretion" from freezing rain, covering the cardinal and northeastern parts of the province, including successful Toronto, with snowy upwind besides expected successful the northwest.

The upwind advisories are forecasting accumulations of 5 to 15 centimeters of precipitation and pass of imaginable inferior outages, slippery roads and breached histrion branches. 

Environment Canada says the areas that mightiness spot the maximum crystal accretion are yet to beryllium known.

But it reports the "confidence is highest" for areas betwixt Parry Sound and Kingston to carnivore the brunt of an extended agelong of freezing rain. 

The bureau says upwind warnings volition beryllium issued arsenic the tempest nears and asks Ontarians to enactment alert.