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squall warning in effect — Eastern Lake Erie, Canada
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Squalls with wind gusts up to 35 knots are expected or occurring in the area.
A line of showers and thunderstorms near Long Point is moving eastward.
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Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. For more information monitor Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weatheradio stations.
Measurements
| Coordinates | 42.7281, -79.9832 |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern Lake Erie |
| Location Precision | polygon |
| Issuing Authority | Canada — ca-msc-xx |
| Cap Urgency | Immediate |
| Cap Certainty | Likely |
| Cap Expires | 2026-10-16T14:23:16-00:00 |
Official source
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Source updated 3 days ago (Oct 16, 2026 11:30 UTC) · we last heard from WMO Alert Hub (national weather services) 44 seconds ago
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Internet connectivity at the time
Internet connectivity in Canada dropped 37 hours after this event, and stayed disrupted for about 1 hour.
From 18 Oct 2026 00:00 UTC to 18 Oct 2026 01:00 UTC. Detected by active probing — networks that stopped answering.
Internet outages have many causes — damaged cables, power failures, network maintenance and deliberate shutdowns among them. IODA detects the loss of connectivity and does not attribute it to anything. This is shown because it happened at the same time, not because one caused the other.
Measured by IODA, Georgia Institute of Technology.
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