it started raining so damn heavily just now at around 4.10pm. the wind howled, and blowed the raindrops so much that it looked like the rain was close to falling horizontally. the raindrops were so large and heavy that the pitter-patter on the windows sounded like small stones hitting the glass, and for a moment i thought it was hailstones falling on toronto.





i settled myself to watch the oprah show on tv, and at around 4.40pm there was a 'breaking news' bulletin: a plane had skidded off the runway at toronto's pearson airport after being hit by lightning. i was shocked. apparently, the bad weather had made the A340 airbus plane of air france coming from paris to toronto to make an emergency landing after it had been struck. it ended out of the runway burning and in a rising tower of smoke. the accident put pearson airport to a standstill, and caused congestion at the 401 highway which was right next to the crash site since it was rush-hour.









and now this is what the sky looks like:





what the hell? anyway there are people who managed to escape, but the number of casualties have not been mentioned. prayers for them..


EDITED
it's nearly 3 hours since the bad weather and the sun is shining soooo brightly now. as though it is in the afternoon. the weather here is utterly madness!
found out that all 309 people on board the airplane survived. bless them.