Cleanup continues after storm knocks out power, damages trees in Ottawa
CTV
Hydro Ottawa says it is treating Friday's storm as a "multi-day restoration event" after power was knocked out to thousands of customers across the city.
The cleanup is underway in the national capital region after a severe thunderstorm moved through the region, damaging trees and properties and knocking out power to homes and businesses.
At 6 a.m., the Hydro Ottawa map shows power outages in the Mooney's Bay, Westboro, Woodpark, McKellar Park, McKellar Heights and Woodroffe areas.
"We expect the situation to continue to fluctuate as a result of the damage caused by Friday's storm," Hydro Ottawa said in a statement on its website.
"We are treating this as a multi-day restoration event heading into the weekend with efforts focused on restoring power to the largest impacted areas."
Hydro One reported more than 24,000 customers in the Orleans, Cumberland, Clarence-Rockland and Fournier areas were without power following Friday's storm. Power has been restored on Saturday morning.
Hydro Quebec is reporting 7,000 customers without power in Gatineau and 2,000 customers in the dark in Papineau.
Environment Canada issued a series of severe thunderstorm watches and warnings for Ottawa and eastern Ontario on Friday, calling for large hail and wind gusts up to 90 km/h. A tornado warning was briefly issued for Ottawa Friday evening.
