Public Safety Alert, Thunderstorm watch

Toronto Police Service News Release

Public Safety Alert, Thunderstorm watch

Saturday, August 2, 2014 - 2:51 PM
Toronto Police Operations Centre:  416-808-8762

The Toronto Police Service, the Office of Emergency Management, and Toronto Emergency Medical Services, would like to advise the public that an Electrical Thunderstorm Watch exists for the City of Toronto from Environment Canada. There are a number of large outdoor activities scheduled within the city, including the Caribbean Carnival parade. Electrical storms present a danger to anyone outdoors.

In the event of a thunderstorm police would like to remind the public of safety precautions:

- seek shelter in a building, tents are not safe

- shelter inside cars

- do not shelter under trees

- avoid high ground

- avoid large metal structures including guardrails and fences

For more information please visit the Environment Canada weather advisory page.

For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.



Constable David Hopkinson, Corporate Communications, for Staff Sergeant Peter Code, Toronto Police Operations Centre