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UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm watch ended

By Stephanie Chaves

August 12, 2021 - 10:46am

Environment Canada has ended a severe thunderstorm watch for Sarnia-Lambton.

Hydro One crews were dealing with scattered outages in the Lambton Shores area Thursday morning and on Wednesday, Bluewater Power was kept busy with outages and downed power lines and trees in storm activity.

Some of the storm damage…see that tree- well our hydro pole is under it… not a good thing- at all…
Huge thanks to our Team tonight! Stay Safe! pic.twitter.com/grsaXut3Xx
— Bluewater Power (@BluewaterPower) August 12, 2021

A heat warning is still in effect.

The national weather agency said daytime temperatures Thursday will reach the low 30s once again with humidex values near 40 degrees Celsius.

Cooler and less humid air is expected to move into the region Friday night.

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