Toronto storm

A winter storm is set to hit Toronto, threatening to throw winter travel plans and planned gatherings with family and friends into disarray.

“This is the window of opportunity to get what you need for the holidays.” Access to the warming centres will available on a walk-in basis. The company asks Ontarians to report outages by texting 92887 or by calling 1-800-434-1235. “Winter weather forecasted for tomorrow may impact operations at Toronto Pearson. “It's a rapidly intensifying system,” Cheng said. Winds are expected to gust up to 90 kilometres per hour in the GTA. “That's really when things go bad,” Cheng said. That includes local roads, sidewalks, bus stops and expressways. [it will be closed](https://twitter.com/TheTorontoZoo/status/1605972247772012546) on Friday in the face of severe weather, “for the safety and wellbeing of the animals, staff, volunteers and guests.” Meteorologist Gerald Cheng said he expects rain to start overnight on Thursday with a high of 4 C. “Because it’s going to be freezing rain and ice pellets we will be activating all the equipment on all of the infrastructure,” Sferrazza said. “Gusts combined with the snow could cause blowing snow in the afternoon and that's going to reduce the visibility.”