Cars crashed, ice rained down and Santa stayed home. That was the kind of day the GTA had to endure Sunday as the weather took an apocalyptic turn overnight.Environment Canada foresees flurries and the risk of freezing drizzle Sunday night - with easterly 30 km/h winds gusting to 50 km/h - as the mercury gets down to -3 C.The flurries are expected to end late Monday morning, when the high will be around freezing. As of 3:25 p.m. a snowfall warning was in effect for Pickering, Oshawa and the southern Durham Region.Toronto Mayor John Tory tweeted about the extreme winter weather conditions on Sunday pleading for everyone to `please drive with extra caution on our roads` and to `be sure to give yourself plenty of time to get to where you´re going and remember to drive safe and look out for pedestrians.`Toronto Hydro tweeted Sunday night it was responding to a west-end power outage impacting approximately 6,000 people. People living near and surrounding Bloor Street, the Queensway, Kipling Avenue and Windermere Avenue may have been impacted.Crews found that a tree branch on a wire had caused the outage, Toronto Hydro said in a tweet.The Toronto District School Board also said it will be monitoring conditions and will update people on any cancellations in the morning.Fears of slippery driving conditions were validated on Sunday morning by a 12-car pileup at Davenport Road and Avenue Road.`We have to make adjustments this time this season,` said Toronto Police Const. David Hopkinson. `I want to illustrate to people that they should slow down and clean their windshields.`Hopkins says treacherous, icy road conditions played a role in the collision, though no one was injured. The weather wreaked havoc on holiday festivities: Burlington and Mississauga´s Santa Claus Parades, scheduled for Sunday, were cancelled, with Burlington citing `unsafe weather conditions and the declaration of a significant weather event.` Mississauga had expected a crowd of up to 25,000.Ontario Pr ...
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