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OPP urging drivers to stay home due to freezing rain

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is urging everyone to stay home while the freezing rain continues.

The weather is causing accidents across southwestern and midwestern Ontario.

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If anyone needs to travel, the OPP recommends slowing down, clearing your vehicle of any snow or ice, keeping your full headlights on at all times, and ensuring you have a full tank of gas and a fully charged cellphone in case of an accident.

According to Environment Canada, the freezing rain should stop later this evening.

The weather has caused several power outages in Sarnia-Lambton, Chatham-Kent, and midwestern Ontario.

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