Here is the state of electricity outages on P.E.I. Monday morning
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The power is out for a large majority of P.E.I. households on Monday morning 48 hours after Hurricane Fiona hit the province on Saturday.
As of this morning, power remained off to more than 80,0000 Maritime Electric customers, the utility for almost all of the Island. Power was restored to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown on Sunday.
Maritime Electric spokesperson Kim Griffin told Island Morning about 2,000 customers had power restored Sunday, but she could not give any estimates for others.
"We just don't know," said Griffin.
"We are making progress. Two thousand customers doesn't sound like a lot for a restoration, but if you would have asked me 24 hours ago the crews weren't thinking they'd be able to even get that on."
Summerside Electric, serving P.E.I.'s second city, had restored power to the downtown, eastern areas and large sections of the north of town by Sunday night.
In a Facebook post, the city said nine of 11 distribution circuits had been repaired. As of Sunday evening work was expected to be completed on those soon, but fixing localized issues could take days, the city said.
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces have arrived to P.E.I. to assist with cleanup efforts as the majority of Islanders continues to be without power.
Premier Dennis King announced Sunday afternoon 100 military personnel were to arrive that evening and start assisting provincial crews by Monday morning after a request for assistance sent Saturday was approved by the federal government.
Fiona hit P.E.I. in the early morning hours of Saturday, with heavy rain and winds over 170 km/h. There have been reports of widespread damage to property, but no serious injuries to people.
King said the government will be working on an urgent financial assistance package to help individuals and industries, and that the federal government has pledged to put together a plan with the finances required to get wharfs rebuilt "as fast as possible."
Cellular service and access to internet remained intermittent on Sunday.
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