The force of the winds smacking Toronto last night is seen in this fallen Red Oak, a tree with huge roots said to be 100 years. The couple living in the badly damaged house were asleep at 1 am on Neville Park Blvd. when the tree toppled onto their home. They escaped unhurt. Picture from embed CBC video Toronto Hydro has issued its No 7 Update of Storm Sandy indicating that work goes on by daylight to restore power fully. Here is part of the Hydro update: “With the help of daylight, crews are working to remove safety hazards associated with downed wires and trees, conducting full damage assessments, coordinating extensive repairs, and are restoring power where possible. We have over 300 outages affecting approximately 32,000 customers to respond to and crews are being assigned. All planned work has been stopped and all available crews are dedicated to power restoration efforts. The damage was most severe at 4 a.m. this morning. We have reduced the number of customers affected from more than 60,000 down to 32,000 currently.”Hydro says about 30,000 now without power
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The force of the winds smacking Toronto last night is seen in this fallen Red Oak, a tree with huge roots said to be 100 years. The couple living in the badly damaged house were asleep at 1 am on Neville Park Blvd. when the tree toppled onto their home. They escaped unhurt. Picture from embed CBC video Toronto Hydro has issued its No 7 Update of Storm Sandy indicating that work goes on by daylight to restore power fully. Here is part of the Hydro update: “With the help of daylight, crews are working to remove safety hazards associated with downed wires and trees, conducting full damage assessments, coordinating extensive repairs, and are restoring power where possible. We have over 300 outages affecting approximately 32,000 customers to respond to and crews are being assigned. All planned work has been stopped and all available crews are dedicated to power restoration efforts. The damage was most severe at 4 a.m. this morning. We have reduced the number of customers affected from more than 60,000 down to 32,000 currently.”