4 Dead, Massive Blackouts As Heavy Storms Hit East Canada Provinces

Heavy storms in Canada: Nearly 900,000 homes in Ontario and Quebec provinces were without power on Saturday night, according to online counts from local providers.

Four people are dead and nearly 900,000 homes without power after severe storms pummeled the eastern Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, authorities said Saturday.

Ontario police said on Twitter that three people had died and several more were injured due to a strong summer thunderstorm.

One man was killed when a tree fell on the trailer he was staying in. A woman in her seventies was also crushed by a tree while walking in the storm.

In the federal capital Ottawa, another person was killed by the storm, but local police declined to give further details.