Hundreds of thousands of homes in eastern Canada remained without power Friday, two days after an ice storm killed three people and caused widespread property damage, particularly in Montreal.
About 460,000 homes in Quebec were in the dark, down from 1.1 million at the height of the outages.
“We have restored power to over 50 percent of the customers affected by the outages,” said electricity provider Hydro-Quebec.
“Our teams are hard at work and we are confident that a further 200,000 customers will have their power back by the end of the day,” the utility company added.
Some homes though will be without electricity until Sunday, potentially Monday, said Hydro-Quebec spokesman Regis Tellier.
More favorable weather conditions should “accelerate the restoration of service,” he said.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault said that a third person had died from storm-related causes when he used a barbecue inside his home about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Montreal.বিস্তারিত