TORONTO _ More than 13,000 Hydro One customers across parts of central and northern Ontario are without power this afternoon.

Hydro One has not yet specified a reason for the outages.

But it comes as blustery conditions are expected ahead of a cold front moving across the province.

A wind warning covering the Parry Sound, North Bay and Kirkland Lake areas has been issued, with gusts up to 90 kilometres an hour expected.

Nearly half of the customers affected _ or about 5, 900 _ are in the Sudbury area.

Other regions with significant numbers affected by outages include Timmins, Kapuskasing, Kirkland Lake, Parry Sound and Huntsville.