Power outages close a number of London schools day after intense storm
Tuesday afternoon's severe thunderstorm brought winds of up to 80 kilometres per hour, along with torrential rainfall and lightning. Power has mostly been restored to thousands of Londoners, however there are a number of small outages throughout the city, according to London Hydro's outage map.
Westmount and Trafalgar public schools are closed Wednesday because of the outage, as are St. George and St. Rose of Lima Catholic elementary schools.
Tuesday's thunderstorm formed on top of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay then moved south. When it reached London, the powerful winds caused tree damage in parts of the city.
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