Hydro: some parts of Quebec won’t get power back until Saturday
Posted May 25, 2022 3:00 pm.
Last Updated May 25, 2022 3:44 pm.
More than 75,000 customers are still without power as of Wednesday afternoon in Quebec following last weekend’s violent storm that left a trail of damage from Gatineau to Quebec City.
Hydro-Québec president Sophie Brochu and vice-president of operations and maintenance Régis Tellier told reporters the utility hopes to restore the power to at least 50,000 clients and the majority by Thursday – and replace 500 poles that were damaged.
But people in more remote areas of the province will have to wait until Saturday, a week since the storm levelled trees and power lines across the province and in Ontario.
The deadly storm killed at least nine people in Ontario and one person in Quebec, who died after her boat capsized on the Ottawa River.
Wind gusts up to 151 kilometres per hour caused serious damage to power lines and other infrastructure across both provinces.
The hardest-hit areas in Quebec include the Laurentians, where 44,069 customers are still off the electricity grid, along with Lanaudière at 15,010 and Outaouais at 13,990 at 3 p.m. on Wednesday.
