ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO AT 3:23 PM EDT MONDAY 23 APRIL 2007. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR STRATFORD - MITCHELL - SOUTHERN PERTH COUNTY LISTOWEL - MILVERTON - NORTHERN PERTH COUNTY KITCHENER - CAMBRIDGE - REGION OF WATERLOO GUELPH - ERIN - SOUTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY MOUNT FOREST - ARTHUR - NORTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY ORANGEVILLE - GRAND VALLEY - SOUTHERN DUFFERIN COUNTY AND SHELBURNE - MANSFIELD - NORTHERN DUFFERIN COUNTY. ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY UNTIL 5 PM.. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== AT 3:15 PM A LINE OF VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORMS FROM OWEN SOUND THROUGH MOUNT FOREST TO EAST OF CLINTON IS MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 80 KM/H. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 100 KM/H. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ================================================================================= ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS UPDATED A SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO AT 4:14 PM EDT MONDAY 23 APRIL 2007. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR WOODSTOCK - TILLSONBURG - OXFORD COUNTY BRANTFORD - COUNTY OF BRANT CITY OF HAMILTON HALTON HILLS - MILTON CALEDON NEWMARKET - GEORGINA - NORTHERN YORK REGION AND INNISFIL - NEW TECUMSETH - ANGUS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CONTINUED FOR STRATFORD - MITCHELL - SOUTHERN PERTH COUNTY KITCHENER - CAMBRIDGE - REGION OF WATERLOO GUELPH - ERIN - SOUTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY ORANGEVILLE - GRAND VALLEY - SOUTHERN DUFFERIN COUNTY AND SHELBURNE - MANSFIELD - NORTHERN DUFFERIN COUNTY. ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY UNTIL 5 PM.. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ENDED FOR LISTOWEL - MILVERTON - NORTHERN PERTH COUNTY AND MOUNT FOREST - ARTHUR - NORTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== AT 4:07 PM A LINE OF VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORMS FROM BARRIE THROUGH ST. JACOBS TO NORTHWEST OF WOODSTOCK IS MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 80 KM/H. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 100 KM/H. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ================================================================================= ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS UPDATED A SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO AT 4:23 PM EDT MONDAY 23 APRIL 2007. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR ORILLIA - LAGOON CITY - WASHAGO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CONTINUED FOR WOODSTOCK - TILLSONBURG - OXFORD COUNTY BRANTFORD - COUNTY OF BRANT CITY OF HAMILTON HALTON HILLS - MILTON CALEDON NEWMARKET - GEORGINA - NORTHERN YORK REGION STRATFORD - MITCHELL - SOUTHERN PERTH COUNTY KITCHENER - CAMBRIDGE - REGION OF WATERLOO GUELPH - ERIN - SOUTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY ORANGEVILLE - GRAND VALLEY - SOUTHERN DUFFERIN COUNTY SHELBURNE - MANSFIELD - NORTHERN DUFFERIN COUNTY AND INNISFIL - NEW TECUMSETH - ANGUS. ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY UNTIL 5 PM.. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== AT 4:07 PM A LINE OF VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORMS FROM BARRIE THROUGH ST. JACOBS TO NORTHWEST OF WOODSTOCK IS MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 80 KM/H. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 100 KM/H. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ================================================================================= ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS UPDATED A SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO AT 4:50 PM EDT MONDAY 23 APRIL 2007. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ISSUED FOR CITY OF TORONTO BURLINGTON - OAKVILLE MISSISSAUGA - BRAMPTON VAUGHAN - RICHMOND HILL - MARKHAM PICKERING - OSHAWA - SOUTHERN DURHAM REGION AND UXBRIDGE - BEAVERTON - NORTHERN DURHAM REGION. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CONTINUED FOR WOODSTOCK - TILLSONBURG - OXFORD COUNTY BRANTFORD - COUNTY OF BRANT CITY OF HAMILTON HALTON HILLS - MILTON CALEDON NEWMARKET - GEORGINA - NORTHERN YORK REGION KITCHENER - CAMBRIDGE - REGION OF WATERLOO GUELPH - ERIN - SOUTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY INNISFIL - NEW TECUMSETH - ANGUS AND ORILLIA - LAGOON CITY - WASHAGO. ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY UNTIL 5 PM.. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ENDED FOR STRATFORD - MITCHELL - SOUTHERN PERTH COUNTY ORANGEVILLE - GRAND VALLEY - SOUTHERN DUFFERIN COUNTY AND SHELBURNE - MANSFIELD - NORTHERN DUFFERIN COUNTY. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== AT 4:30 PM THE LINE OF VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRESENTLY LOCATED FROM ORILLIA THROUGH BRAMPTON TO CAMBRIDGE IS MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 80 KM/H. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 100 KM/H. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ================================================================================= ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO AT 5:05 PM EDT MONDAY 23 APRIL 2007. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR CITY OF TORONTO BURLINGTON - OAKVILLE MISSISSAUGA - BRAMPTON VAUGHAN - RICHMOND HILL - MARKHAM AND PICKERING - OSHAWA - SOUTHERN DURHAM REGION. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AFFECTING THE ABOVE REGIONS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 100 KM/H UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. ================================================================================= ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS UPDATED A SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO AT 5:13 PM EDT MONDAY 23 APRIL 2007. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR CITY OF TORONTO BURLINGTON - OAKVILLE MISSISSAUGA - BRAMPTON VAUGHAN - RICHMOND HILL - MARKHAM AND PICKERING - OSHAWA - SOUTHERN DURHAM REGION. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AFFECTING THE ABOVE REGIONS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 100 KM/H UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. REMEMBER SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE TORNADOES..LISTEN FOR UPDATED WARNINGS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ONTARIO RECOMMENDS TAKING COVER IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. NOTE..A SUMMARY OF ALL WARNINGS AND WATCHES FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO IS AVAILABLE IN THE WWCN11 CWTO BULLETIN ISSUED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS BULLETIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CONTINUED FOR CITY OF TORONTO WOODSTOCK - TILLSONBURG - OXFORD COUNTY BRANTFORD - COUNTY OF BRANT CITY OF HAMILTON BURLINGTON - OAKVILLE HALTON HILLS - MILTON MISSISSAUGA - BRAMPTON CALEDON VAUGHAN - RICHMOND HILL - MARKHAM NEWMARKET - GEORGINA - NORTHERN YORK REGION PICKERING - OSHAWA - SOUTHERN DURHAM REGION UXBRIDGE - BEAVERTON - NORTHERN DURHAM REGION KITCHENER - CAMBRIDGE - REGION OF WATERLOO GUELPH - ERIN - SOUTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY INNISFIL - NEW TECUMSETH - ANGUS AND ORILLIA - LAGOON CITY - WASHAGO. ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY UNTIL 5 PM.. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== AT 4:30 PM THE LINE OF VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRESENTLY LOCATED FROM ORILLIA THROUGH BRAMPTON TO CAMBRIDGE IS MOVING EASTWARD AT ABOUT 80 KM/H. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 100 KM/H. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ================================================================================= ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS UPDATED A SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO AT 5:25 PM EDT MONDAY 23 APRIL 2007. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR CITY OF TORONTO BURLINGTON - OAKVILLE MISSISSAUGA - BRAMPTON VAUGHAN - RICHMOND HILL - MARKHAM AND PICKERING - OSHAWA - SOUTHERN DURHAM REGION. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AFFECTING THE ABOVE REGIONS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 100 KM/H UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. REMEMBER SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE TORNADOES..LISTEN FOR UPDATED WARNINGS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ONTARIO RECOMMENDS TAKING COVER IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. NOTE..A SUMMARY OF ALL WARNINGS AND WATCHES FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO IS AVAILABLE IN THE WWCN11 CWTO BULLETIN ISSUED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS BULLETIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CONTINUED FOR CITY OF TORONTO BRANTFORD - COUNTY OF BRANT CITY OF HAMILTON BURLINGTON - OAKVILLE HALTON HILLS - MILTON MISSISSAUGA - BRAMPTON VAUGHAN - RICHMOND HILL - MARKHAM PICKERING - OSHAWA - SOUTHERN DURHAM REGION AND UXBRIDGE - BEAVERTON - NORTHERN DURHAM REGION. ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY UNTIL 6 TO 7 PM.. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ENDED FOR WOODSTOCK - TILLSONBURG - OXFORD COUNTY CALEDON NEWMARKET - GEORGINA - NORTHERN YORK REGION KITCHENER - CAMBRIDGE - REGION OF WATERLOO GUELPH - ERIN - SOUTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY INNISFIL - NEW TECUMSETH - ANGUS AND ORILLIA - LAGOON CITY - WASHAGO. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== AT 5:10 PM THE LINE OF VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CELLS EMBEDDED FROM PORT PERRY THROUGH TORONTO TO BURLINGTON IS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 80 KM/H. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 100 KM/H. WINDS GUSTING TO 95 KM/H WERE REPORTED FROM PEARSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN MANY REPORTS OF POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN DUE TO HIGH WINDS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ================================================================================= ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS ENDED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO AT 5:49 PM EDT MONDAY 23 APRIL 2007. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ENDED FOR CITY OF TORONTO BURLINGTON - OAKVILLE MISSISSAUGA - BRAMPTON VAUGHAN - RICHMOND HILL - MARKHAM AND PICKERING - OSHAWA - SOUTHERN DURHAM REGION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE THESE REGIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ================================================================================= ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS UPDATED A SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO AT 5:50 PM EDT MONDAY 23 APRIL 2007. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ENDED FOR CITY OF TORONTO BURLINGTON - OAKVILLE MISSISSAUGA - BRAMPTON VAUGHAN - RICHMOND HILL - MARKHAM AND PICKERING - OSHAWA - SOUTHERN DURHAM REGION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE THESE REGIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CONTINUED FOR CITY OF TORONTO BRANTFORD - COUNTY OF BRANT CITY OF HAMILTON BURLINGTON - OAKVILLE HALTON HILLS - MILTON MISSISSAUGA - BRAMPTON VAUGHAN - RICHMOND HILL - MARKHAM PICKERING - OSHAWA - SOUTHERN DURHAM REGION AND UXBRIDGE - BEAVERTON - NORTHERN DURHAM REGION. ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY UNTIL 6 TO 7 PM.. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== AT 5:10 PM THE LINE OF VIGOROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CELLS EMBEDDED FROM PORT PERRY THROUGH TORONTO TO BURLINGTON IS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT ABOUT 80 KM/H. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 100 KM/H. WINDS GUSTING TO 95 KM/H WERE REPORTED FROM PEARSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN MANY REPORTS OF POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN DUE TO HIGH WINDS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ================================================================================= ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAS ENDED A SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO AT 6:07 PM EDT MONDAY 23 APRIL 2007. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ENDED FOR CITY OF TORONTO BRANTFORD - COUNTY OF BRANT CITY OF HAMILTON BURLINGTON - OAKVILLE HALTON HILLS - MILTON MISSISSAUGA - BRAMPTON VAUGHAN - RICHMOND HILL - MARKHAM PICKERING - OSHAWA - SOUTHERN DURHAM REGION AND UXBRIDGE - BEAVERTON - NORTHERN DURHAM REGION. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== AT 5:50 PM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM BANCROFT THROUGH COBOURG TO ST. CATHARINES CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD AT ABOUT 80 KM/H. HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 TO 80 KM/H ARE STILL LIKELY..BUT THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN DUE TO HIGH WINDS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ================================================================================= AWCN11 CWTO 241934 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA TORONTO AT 2:16 PM EDT TUESDAY 24 APRIL 2007. ------------------------------------------------------------- ==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION== SUMMER SEVERE WEATHER ROARED THROUGH SOUTHERN ONTARIO MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BROUGHT FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES...STRONG WIND..AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. REGIONS ALONG THE EASTERN SHORELINE OF LAKE HURON EAST TOWARDS PETERBOROUGH AND NORTH TOWARDS BARRIE SAW THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAIN. FURTHERMORE ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF OF TREE LIMBS POWER LINES DOWN AS WELL AS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DUE TO THE GUSTY WIND CONDTIONS. A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA TODAY. THE FOLLOWING IS A REPORT OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE RESULTING DAMAGE WHICH WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE STORM DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM. ------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION WEATHER EVENT TIME -------- -------------- ------ TORONTO (PEARSON) PEAK GUST 94 KMH 4:46 PM PEAK WIND 76 KMH 4:46 PM TORONTO (BUTTONVILLE) PEAK GUST 78 KMH 4:41 PM PEAK WIND 56 KMH 4:41 PM HAMILTON PEAK GUST 89 KMH 4:00 PM ELORA PEAK GUST 74 KMH 4:00 PM ST. AGATHA (W OF KITCHENER) MARBLE SIZE HAIL 4:24 PM PEAK GUST 120 KMH (EST'D) BORDEN PEAK GUST 89 KMH 4:00 PM LOCATION DAMAGE REPORTED -------- -------------- VAUGHN TO MARKHAM -OVER 30 HYDRO POLES DOWN -TWO ROOFTOP AIR CONDITIONERS TOPPLED OFF OF BUILDING -EMPTY RAILCAR CONTAINER TIPPED ONTO SIDE -EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE VAUGHAN -PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED WAREHOUSE BUILDING FLATTENED MARKHAM -ROW OF HOUSES WITH ROOF DAMAGE -GLASS SUNROOM DESTROYED AND BLOWN ACROSS ROAD BARRIE -GUTTERS BLOWN OFF ROOFS PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS THE OBSERVATIONS AT THE TIME OF BROADCAST AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFICIAL AND FINAL REPORT OF THE WEATHER EVENTS OR THE HIGH IMPACT EVENTS ATTRIBUTED TO THE WEATHER EVENTS. END/WONG/MEREDITH