County Rd 2 between Brighton and Colborne is closed
11 p.m. FRIDAY: 401 on-ramps being closed down at Belleville
401 is closed both ways from Brighton to Grafton
9:30 Telephone Rd in Quinte West is closed
9 p.m. FRIDAY: Prince Edward County OPP have closed all roads in the County due to poor visibility in blinding blowing snow. Many vehicles have become stuck.
It’s the storm that just won’t quit.
The mild, wet morning on Friday quickly turned to cold, blowing snow and whiteouts Friday afternoon with a Winter Storm Warning issued for most of the region and a blizzard warning in Prince Edward County.
The storm is expected to continue through Saturday with some significant snowfall and as much as 30 cm of snow squall activity possible in the County where the storm is expected to hit hardest.
Peak winds of 97 km/hr winds were recorded at CFB Trenton earlier Friday afternoon but meteorologist Kevin Williams believes those winds could blow even stronger overnight.
Friday resulted in several accidents with Highway 401 in the Brighton and Cramahe areas being particularly treacherous with collisions forcing closures at least twice through the afternoon.
In southwestern Ontario, Ontario Provincial Police reported up to 100 vehicles involved in multiple collisions along the 401.
There were also tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power as of Friday evening.
Outage maps for Hydro One and Elexicon showed dozens of local outages.
Belleville, Quinte West, Prince Edward County, Northumberland County and the Township of Marmora and Lake were among the communities that had declared a significant weather event.
While the municipalities will continue to perform winter maintenance operations it may take them longer than usual to bring the roads back to a state of repair.
Quinte News will continue to provide updates on Twitter and Facebook through the evening.
