Co-or­di­nat­ing of­fi­cer at the T&T High Com­mis­sion in Toron­to, Cana­da, Capil Bis­soon says while Su­per­storm Sandy left tens of thou­sands of Toron­to­ni­ans with­out pow­er, can­celling class­es at some schools and mak­ing the morn­ing com­mute chal­leng­ing, the storm didn't cause as much death and de­struc­tion as in places like New York City.

In a state­ment he said one fa­tal­i­ty was re­port­ed. He said a woman in her 50s died in the down­town area af­ter be­ing hit by a large com­mer­cial sign that had blown loose from its frame and fell. He said a check yes­ter­day with sev­er­al T&T di­as­po­ra or­gan­i­sa­tions in the Greater Toron­to area re­vealed no na­tion­als were af­fect­ed but as could be ex­pect­ed many ex­pe­ri­enced loss of elec­tri­cal pow­er and some in­con­ve­niences.

He said the con­sulate gen­er­al's of­fice in Toron­to and the High Com­mis­sion in Ot­tawa re­main open for busi­ness.