Ongoing Storm repairs, public safety concerns leave thousands without power in Quebec
CTV
Virtually all the homes in Quebec that were without power as a result of Thursday's violent thunderstorms have had it restored. At the start of the day on Sunday, fewer than 2,000 customers were still affected by the blackouts.
Virtually all the homes in Quebec that were without power as a result of Thursday's violent thunderstorms have had it restored.
Hydro-Québec says fewer than 2,000 clients who lost power Thursday due to a thunderstorm are still without electricity, but power has been cut to thousands of Montrealers today for public safety reasons.
Around 14,580 hydro customers across the province were without power as of 11 a.m.
Hydro-Québec spokesman Francis Labbé says public safety officials requested power cuts in Montreal Sunday morning that affected 8,000 customers, though power was restored to almost half of those during the course of the morning.
Labbé says he doesn't have specific information about why the cuts were requested, but notes they're usually triggered by gas leaks or cars hitting hydro polls.
He says isolated thunderstorms are also leading to new outages in several parts of the province.
At the height of the crisis on Thursday evening, 392,000 Hydro-Québec customers were affected by blackouts.
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