Ontario ice storm captured in photos: CN Tower forced to close

CTV National News: Winter stays in Ontario The winter weather caused chaos in Ontario and ice falling from the CN Tower forced the Blue Jays to cancel a game. Peter Akman reports.

Toronto’s CN Tower was forced to close Monday because of large chunks of falling ice captured in photos by many in the downtown core.

The falling ice has broken several windows on nearby high-rise buildings, and damaged several vehicles below, according to witnesses.

Ice chunks also landed on the roof of the Rogers Centre arena directly below, where the Toronto Blue Jays were due to play the Kansas City Royals Monday night.

The Jays tweeted Monday the game had been cancelled "due to inclement weather causing damage to our roof."

No injuries have been reported in any of the falling ice incidents.

One construction worker at a high-rise where falling ice has broken windows says a large ice chunk smashed through a window and ended up inside the building.

“We’re lucky the building is empty. It’s under renovation right now, so nobody got hurt,” the worker told CP24, as more ice chunks fell around him.

The images of the falling ice are just some of the many photos and videos southern Ontario residents have been uploading to social media, using the hashtag #ONstorm to show both Mother Nature’s destruction and the beauty of ice-covered wonderlands.

The mid-April storm brought freezing rain and high winds that downed hundreds of trees and tree limbs, destroying fences, roofs, vehicles, and power lines.

One Facebook user posted a video of his dog apparently being spooked by the sound of a cracking tree limb and then dashing out of the way just in time as the massive limb fell into the yard.

Drivers posted images of vehicles in ditches and jackknifed tractor trailers. Police responded to at least 1,200 collisions across the Greater Toronto Area, OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt reported -- despite warnings from police for drivers to stay off the roads.

With the freezing rain changing to rain, there could be even more photos to come: the next concern is localized flooding, with some areas of southern Ontario and Quebec expected to see up to 50 millimetres of rain Monday.

Drivers posted images of vehicles in ditches and jackknifed tractor trailers. Police responded to more than 1,400 collisions across the Greater Toronto Area, OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt reported -- despite warnings from police for drivers to stay off the roads.

With the freezing rain changing to rain, there could be even more photos to come: the next concern is localized flooding, with some areas of southern Ontario and Quebec expected to see up to 50 millimetres of rain Monday.