Those living in Ontario’s cottage country are still trying to dig themselves out of the historic snowfall over the weekend.
Gravenhurst, which is in the Muskoka region, was hit with 140 cm of snowfall and declared a state of emergency, which remains in place Monday morning.
Geoff Coulson, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada says the snow fall seen over the weekend is the most they have seen in the Muskoka region in almost 30 years.
“Some of these accumulations are definitely historic as we as we look back and in terms of some big events of past these amounts that we’re talking about, certainly rival many of the biggest storms we’ve ever had,” Coulson said.
Global New meteorologist Anthony Farnell said it’s unbelievable how much snow fell in short period of time.
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