Fire Chief Jim Jessop told reporters at a city hall news conference Thursday morning that his agency responded to just shy of 1,500 calls for downed wires and other issues, a call volume second only to the 2013 ice storm.
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and other city officials are providing an update at City Hall this morning after the violent storms dumped more than 100 milimetres of rain and knocked power out for tens of thousands of people.