Weather News

MONTREAL — A spring storm that hit Quebec and Ontario Thursday knocked out power to tens of thousands of customers, closed schools and blanketed Montreal with heavy, wet snow. As of 11 p.m.

OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada and Taiwan's top diplomat in Ottawa say a Canadian is missing in Taiwan after the powerful earthquake that hit the island this week.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — British Columbia's premier says a training and education centre for wildfire fighters will be established in response to recommendations by a task force that looked into last year's catastrophic wildfires.

HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Rescuers searched Thursday for missing people and worked to reach hundreds stranded when Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years sent boulders and mud tumbling down mountainsides, blocking roads.

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe declared a state of disaster Wednesday over a devastating drought that's sweeping across much of southern Africa, with the country’s president saying it needs $2 billion for humanitarian assistance.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Canadian English teacher Jonathan McGill said the shaking from Taiwan's largest earthquake in 25 years was so forceful that he thought his apartment building might collapse.

HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan Wednesday morning, killing nine people, stranding dozens at quarries and a national park, and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings.

TORONTO — A spring storm pelted swaths of Ontario with heavy rain and high winds on Wednesday, knocking out power to thousands of people and threatening to bring major snowfall to regions in the east.

YOHO NATIONAL PARK — A solo skier has been found dead days after an avalanche in eastern British Columbia. Avalanche Canada says the snow slide happened Friday on Cathedral Mountain in Yoho National Park. The skier was reported missing late Monday.

XENIA, Ohio (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE — On April 3, 1974, a fierce tornado barreled through Xenia, Ohio, without warning, killing 32 people, injuring hundreds and leveling half the city of 25,000. Hundreds were left homeless.