More severe weather
Posted Dec 14, 2010 02:17:46 PM.
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With about 300 travellers safe and warm, now the work begins to tow their vehicles off a snow-clogged highway near Sarnia, Ontario.
The people were trapped in their vehicles on Monday when wind-whipped snow created whiteouts and impassable drifts on Highway 402.
Authorities completed a final sweep of the 200 big rigs and 124 cars last night to make sure everyone had been rescued.
Motorists had no option but to hunker down in their vehicles while winds outside whipped the temperatures down to minus 25.
To be on the safe side, police will continue to patrol area roads through the night on snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles.
The storm that buried the Sarnia region is now tracking east to London, where a state of emergency was declared by late yesterday afternoon.
Emergency Management Ontario says severe winter weather continues to affect southwestern Ontario.
A declaration of emergency is now in effect for Middlesex County as well as Lambton County.
The agency is advising motorists to stay off highways and roads in the area and limit non-essential travel.
Some storm-weary Atlantic Canadians aren’t out of the woods yet.
Strong winds and heavy rain are expected to continue pounding eastern Nova Scotia into today, with forecasters expecting between 100 and 130 millimetres of rain in Cape Breton before the storm passes.
The powerful wind and rain storm lashing large parts of Atlantic Canada brought down tree branches, caused widespread power outages and flooding.
