HALIFAX -- Ontario may see the worst Sandy when it hits early next week as the so-called Frankenstorm continues to grow, the Canadian Hurricane Centre said Saturday.
Spokesman Bob Robichaud said while rainfall amounts are still hard to predict, southern and eastern Ontario could see between 50 and 100 millimetres late Monday and early Tuesday. "That's certainly in the realm of possibility for that part of Ontario," said Robichaud in an interview on Saturday.
"It looks like southeastern and eastern Ontario might be getting the most rainfall out of this." Robichaud said those areas will also see high winds, although they will likely not hit hurricane strength. He said 80 km/h winds are a possibility. Sandy is currently moving northward over the Bahamas and is expected to continue to track north while maintaining its hurricane strength. The latest computer models predict its effects will be far-reaching on Canadian territory, with rainy and blustery conditions also expected for Quebec and the Maritime provinces. Western Nova Scotia will likely see the strongest winds of eastern Canada, said Robichaud. "I don't think we'll necessarily get up close to the point where we'll have to issue warnings, but we could see some pretty blustery conditions," he said.
Robichaud said Sandy is headed for a densely populated zone, likely just south of the New York and New Jersey border.But Robichaud said Canada shouldn't be bracing for the same sort of danger."We're not going to be feel the same impacts that they're feeling down in the U.S., that's for sure." Read the full story here, more here.
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