The brunt of a multi-day winter storm was set to hit central Ontario’s snowbelt on Thursday with squalls expected to extend power outages and disrupt travel across large parts of the province.

Up to 50 centimetres of snow was possible for areas off Georgian Bay, including Barrie, and even more for the region south of Owen Sound, Environment Canada said.

The heaviest snowfall was expected to start Thursday night with the storm lingering into Saturday.

“Travel will be extremely hazardous,” the weather office warned on Thursday.

Toronto was expected to be mostly spared, but the forecast said Hamilton and the outskirts of the Greater Toronto Area, from Milton wrapping around to Oshawa, could see between five and 15 centimetres and strong winds.

The London area could see totals exceeding 1

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