At Least Two People Dead, More Than 300,000 Without Power After Storm Hits Ontario

Thousands of Ontario residents found themselves without power after a major storm hit southern Ontario on May 21, 2022. The Canadian Press

The first long weekend of the summer season began in tragic fashion in Ontario on Saturday after a powerful storm killed at least two people in its swift but intense path across the southern part of the province.

Thousands of residents also found themselves without power, according to utility Hydro One, whose outage map showed roughly 1,936 outages leaving more than 343,000 people in the dark as of Saturday evening.