28-Dec-2011 - Flash freeze causes travel woes in Ontario, Quebec

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A blast of wintry weather with snow and flash freezing is causing flight cancellations and delays in Ontario and Quebec. Air Canada and West Jet have issued travel advisories to their customers, telling them to check the status of their flights before heading to the airport as the storm front moves eastward. The advisory is meant for travellers arriving or landing in Ottawa, Kingston, Ont., Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City. An early morning Air Canada flight from Toronto to Kingston has been cancelled. The airline cancelled another flight from Toronto to Quebec City and one heading from Ottawa to Montreal. Westjet has cancelled at least one morning flight from Montreal to Toronto. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for southern Ontario on Tuesday, warning of a flash freeze. In the Greater Toronto Area, temperatures dropped 10 to 15 degrees overnight.1 dead, 3 hurt in highway crashA collision involving a tractor-trailer and several cars on Highway 401 between Yonge Street and nfl jerseys from china Avenue Road in Toronto around 8 p.m. Tuesday left one man dead and three others injured. One media report said the driver of the tractor-trailer had pulled over onto the shoulder of the westbound lanes to clean his windshield when a car crashed into nfl jersey supply the truck's rear. "The weather was rather frightful last night, all that snow and rain kept many of us indoors," CBC's Neil Herland reported. "In downtown Toronto the roads are bone dry, barely any signs of winter. However, north of Highway 401 it's a very different story with icy roads, a few centimetres of snow and black ice in some areas," he said. "We're seeing flash freezing conditions in some parts the Greater Toronto Area, especially in the 905 region. We have reports of slushy roads in Brampton, in Caledon, partially snow-covered roads in Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Markham." The system on Wednesday will continue to bring a wintry mix of snow and sleet to areas that include Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara, Kitchener-Waterloo, Kingston and cottage country. Less than five centimetres is forecast for the GTA, with 10 centimetres expected north of Highway 401 and close to 15 centimetres north of Collingwood. As the system tracks east, it is expected to bring snowfall totals of 15-20 centimetres to the Ottawa area by the end of the day. Meanwhile, a cold front is sweeping in behind the system. The cold air that is being ushered in along with winds gusting to 68 km/h will bring bitterly cold temperatures wholesale nfl jerseys Wednesday morning in Ontario.Quebec spared predicted snowfall amountsThe storm system was supposed to bring anywhere from 15 to 40 centimetres of snow to several regions of Quebec Tuesday night, but most areas have received only a dusting of snow. Still, Transport Quebec is urging drivers to take it easy on the roads because of snow and icy conditions. For southern and central areas of Quebec, precipitation arrived mainly as rain, although a few centimetres of snow are expected in Montreal and Quebec City later Wednesday. The worst-hit areas as the system moved in Tuesday were in the Abitibi and the Saguenay regions, where roads are snow-covered with reduced visibility. No major accidents have been reported.

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