Our region is still recovering after the shock of a brutal wind storm.

The effects of superstorm Sandy were felt in the Grey, Bruce, Huron and Simcoe area with winds Monday night and early Tuesday morning that downed trees and knocked out power to 20 thousand Hydro One customers at the apex of the storm.

During Monday night's storm, it was deemed too dangerous for Hydro One crews to be out, so they were dispatched early Tuesday morning to begin assessing damages.

Sandy hit the New Jersey coast Monday night with winds up to 130 kilometres an hour.

Bayshore Broadcasting Weather Specialist John Wilson tells us we felt those winds mostly overnight, and they will gradually die down over the next few days.

Wilson says winds will stay around 30 to 40 kilometres an hour by this afternoon.

But Wilson tells us to expect to see trees and hydro poles knocked down.

Eastern Toronto was hit hard -- with Toronto Hydro saying that about 50-thousand customers are without power in the city.

One woman was even killed by flying debris in Toronto.

Wilson says the trees in our area have root systems that have grown to withstand the typical strong southwest winds we get -- but they are not accustomed to these northeast winds with gusts this powerful.

Wilson says although the storm is weakening, it is a very large and powerful storm, blanketing a large area and not moving quickly.

He expects it to move out of our area by Friday -- so we can expect gradually decreasing winds and periods of rain.

Bill VanWyck operates a weather station at the Hibou Conservation Area just north of Owen Sound and has recorded statistics from the storm.

The largest gust of the storm was at 11:31 PM Monday night at 83.7 km/h and it was the highest ever recorded at the station since its inception in 2005.

Second largest gust was at 2:24 AM Tuesday at 82.1 km/h.

The highest 10-minute average windspeed of the storm was 61.4 km/h.

Monday's rainfall was 57.2 mm.

Tuesday rainfall (to 11:00 AM) was 52.5 mm, so storm total to date is just over 4.3 inches.

Monday rainfall was the largest one-day event of the year.