High winds cause hundreds of thousands of homes to lose power in Quebec
CTV
Nearly 340,000 Hydro-Quebec customers woke up without power Sunday morning due to outages caused by strong winds that blew overnight across southern Quebec.
Hydro-Quebec said the weather conditions caused "significant damage" on Sunday morning.
"More than 400 fitters are working to restore service. We are aiming to restore service to the majority within the next day," Hydro-Quebec wrote, warning that restoring power could take longer in some cases.
"Due to the magnitude of the event, it is unfortunately not possible to specify restoration times for each specific location," added Hydro-Quebec, which is urging its customers to be patient.
The number of customers affected by the outages has decreased since 6 a.m. when it was close to 380,000.
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