State of emergency declared in small Ontario town

A state of emergency has been declared in Leamington, Ontario after a major storm and suspected tornado cut power and caused widespread property damage.

CBC News is reporting that the damage is extensive and some roads are impassable due to downed trees and power lines.

The storm struck Leamington, just outside Windsor, early this morning.

No injuries were initially reported.

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Environment Canada issued the following weather statement at 9:40 a.m. today.

**************************** An unseasonably strong low pressure system tracking across the lower Great Lakes prompted several warnings to be issued for the Windsor and Chatham areas including tornado and rainfall warnings.

Significant rainfall amounts were recorded throughout much of Southern Ontario last night with amounts ranging from about 20 to 50 mm.

The rain is expected to taper off this morning in Southwestern Ontario and late this afternoon in Eastern Ontario.

Severe thunderstorms in the Windsor area left their mark on the area with damage reports relayed from the OPP covering a swath from near Kingsville to Leamington.

Environment Canada has sent out a damage survey team to asses the impacts of last nights storms in the Windsor to Leamington area.

A list of rainfall amounts as of 8 a.m. appears below.

Windsor - 52 mm Harrow - 40 mm Ridgetown - 51 mm London - 30 mm Sarnia - 23 mm Goderich - 31 mm Delhi - 35 mm Welland - 39 mm Vineland - 30 mm Hamilton airport - 38 mm Hamilton - 26 mm Toronto - 21 mm

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.

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