Toronto, Canada's largest city, was completely paralyzed on Monday after up to 60 centimeters of snow fell on Sunday with temperatures of -15 degrees. The Toronto Police advised the approximately six million people living in the metropolitan area to avoid leaving their homes if possible due to serious traffic problems. When it became evident that the snowfall would be historic, municipal authorities declared a climate emergency, activating exceptional measures such as a ban on parking on some of the main streets. In the late hours of Sunday, police said they are investigating the circumstances of a person's death, although they have ruled out that it is a crime. Thousands of people in the city, the second most important in Canada, have been without electricity since Sunday. The city woke up this Monday with a feeling of -20 degrees, which will drop to -25 at night, and 10 centimeters of snow. Municipal workers are prioritizing the clearing of snow from the streets, a process that could last several days, and will then proceed to remove the tons of snow accumulated in the past 24 hours. The storm that caused this historic precipitation is now moving to the east of the country. In Montreal, authorities reported today that a 66-year-old woman died in the last hours in an apartment that had been without electricity since Sunday. The municipal transport company indicated that although some buses are immobilized, the subway and tram service are functioning with a certain normality, although localized interruptions may occur. The same is happening with Toronto's commuter train service, which, although operational, is suffering significant delays on its main routes. Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada's most important and one of North America's busiest, recorded 46 centimeters of snow, a historic record for precipitation in a single day. The same is true for most private nurseries. The previous record dated back to 1966 with 36.8 centimeters of snow. The situation has forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights, and the rest are suffering significant delays. The city's schools as well as university centers are not operating this Monday.
