Storms : Digital Archive Ontario

The massive clean-up from Monday's storm is well under way in Metro; but work crews are concentrating on main downtown streets and sidewalks. there is still lots of snow elsewhere. This resident tries to clear sidewalk on Willow Ave. in Beach area as a car wends its way along narrow one lane plowed out road.

Picture, 1977

Pedestrians were swept off their feet today by gale-force winds as they emerged from subway entrances in downtown Toronto. Treacherous ice lay under drifting snow as work crews could not keep up with worst blizzard to strike southern Ontario in years. And the weatherman warned: It's going to get worse.

Picture, 1977

Washed away: Vehicles at Warden Ave. and Ellesmore Rd. are all but submerged yesterday as thunderstorms swept through the Metro area.

Picture, 1991

it was a long wait at most stops today in Metro as Toronto Transit Commission buses; streetcars and subways fought the worst blizzard to strike southern Ontario in years. This was the scene at Sherbourne and King Sts. in downtown Toronto. Pedestrians were being swept off their feet by high winds as they emerged from subway exits. Snow was drifting up to 5 feet deep on many sidewalks; streets.

Picture, 1977

Storms - Tornados - Ontario 1985 (2 files) 2 of 2 files 60

Picture, 1985

Nature's fury: Frank Savoiardo; above; wasn't hurt but his home was heavily damaged in last night's storm when part of the roof from a house across the street was hurled into his residence on Honeywood Rd. His son Nino hid from the flying steel and wood under the family picnic table. Other homes in the area had roofs ripped off and one on Brewster Crescent was destroyed. Trees were uprooted and even a washing machine was seen flying down the street.

Picture, 1984

Storm tossed: Peel Constable Evan Smith; top; directs a damaged car yesterday amid high winds that also tore at Toronto pedestrians.

Picture, 1992

Storms - Tornados - Alberta 1987

Picture, Date Unknown

Another victim of the deep-freeze weather; this CN locomotive was as helpless as snowbound car when it ran into a snowdrift that paralyzed a switch on tracks near Polson St. Ken Spenser comes to the rescue with a humble shovel. Other trains had their problems today and thousands of TTC riders were late for work.

Picture, 1977

Morrow Rd - Barrie

Picture, 1985

Stinging flakes: A woman on a downtown Toronto street shields her eyes from snow flakes propelled by winds that in some places reached 70 km/h (43.m.p.h.)

Picture, 1991

Shovelling out: With a little help from son Brian; 3; Malcolm Watts of Alliston clears his driveway today after an overnight 30-centimetre snowfall.

Picture, 1988

Tony Pennacchio; whose roof was blown across the road; checks the damage; while kids take a peek into his garage.

Picture, 1984

Keeping it moving: Motorists did the slow snow-crawl on their way to work this morning after Metro was hit with a 6-inch snowfall. Road crews worked throughout the night in a futile attempt to keep the major arteries open; but as the rush-hour got underway; snow removal crews became trapped in traffic jams and plow operators could only inch along with others -- stalled in the Winter Wonderland.

Picture, 1979

Plucked from sea: Ted Simons; 15; is helped on to a dock in Penetang by an ambulance attendant and Ed Boyd (left); who rescued the youth and David Desrochers; 30; from stormtossed waves in Georgian Bay. Boyd also recovered the dead body of Jacques Robitaille; 34.

Picture, 1982

Storms - Tornados - Alberta 1987

Picture, Date Unknown

Chain gang: Prisoners from Mimico Correctional Centre pitch in to clear away the debris of a home in Barrie demolished by the recent tornado. One of the 30 on the work detail said they volunteered because we wanted to do out part to help. All are short-term prisoners convicted of non-violent offences; and tornado victims say the convicts are doing a terrific job for them.

Picture, 1985

Everyone was out; it seemed; shovelling off sidewalks on Cassandra Blvd. during the blizzard yesterday. It was the worst storm in recent years. Gale-force winds drove the 10-inch snowfall into road-clogging drifts. Many of North York's shopping plazas closed for the day. Many businesses; which managed to open; sent employees home at noon. Road crews worked all night to clear main roads and thoroughfares.

Picture, 1977

Second time unlucky: Bertha and Daniel Marijanovic look over the wreckage that was once the roof on the house of their neighbors; Betty and Gary Lawford; of Rexdale. Yesterday's storm tore off the Lawfords' roof - just as a storm did three years ago. The roof was hurled more than 100 feet.

Picture, 1983

Winds toppled this huge tree; tearing its massive roots from the ground. Church steeple was also damaged.

Picture, 1973

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Washed away: Vehicles at Warden Ave. and Ellesmore Rd. are all but submerged yesterday as thunderstorms swept through the Metro area.

Storms - Tornados - Ontario 1985 (2 files) 2 of 2 files 60

Storm tossed: Peel Constable Evan Smith; top; directs a damaged car yesterday amid high winds that also tore at Toronto pedestrians.

Storms - Tornados - Alberta 1987

Morrow Rd - Barrie

Stinging flakes: A woman on a downtown Toronto street shields her eyes from snow flakes propelled by winds that in some places reached 70 km/h (43.m.p.h.)

Shovelling out: With a little help from son Brian; 3; Malcolm Watts of Alliston clears his driveway today after an overnight 30-centimetre snowfall.

Tony Pennacchio; whose roof was blown across the road; checks the damage; while kids take a peek into his garage.

Plucked from sea: Ted Simons; 15; is helped on to a dock in Penetang by an ambulance attendant and Ed Boyd (left); who rescued the youth and David Desrochers; 30; from stormtossed waves in Georgian Bay. Boyd also recovered the dead body of Jacques Robitaille; 34.

Storms - Tornados - Alberta 1987

Second time unlucky: Bertha and Daniel Marijanovic look over the wreckage that was once the roof on the house of their neighbors; Betty and Gary Lawford; of Rexdale. Yesterday's storm tore off the Lawfords' roof - just as a storm did three years ago. The roof was hurled more than 100 feet.

Winds toppled this huge tree; tearing its massive roots from the ground. Church steeple was also damaged.

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