Windy, stormy weather knocks out power for hundreds of thousands in Quebec
CBC
Many Quebecers are waking up in the dark on Tuesday with power outages affecting several areas, as high winds continue to sweep across the province.
In the Greater Montreal area, several Lester B. Pearson School Board schools are closed due to those outages including:
As of 7 a.m., there were more than 200,000 homes without power, with numbers climbing throughout the morning.
The Montérégie region is being hit the hardest with more than 50,000 homes affected, followed by Montreal, the Laurentians and Lanaudière.Hydro-Québec says the outages are being caused by high winds, with gusts reaching up to 90 kilometres per hour in some areas, and going as high as 120 kilometres per hour in others.
In a notice on its website, Hydro-Quebec says more than 1,100 workers have been dispatched to restore power as quickly as possible.
Several areas of Quebec are under Environment Canada yellow wind warnings, including the Greater Montreal area and along the St. Lawrence valley stretching east along the river all the way to the Gaspésie region.
In affected areas, the agency is warning of wind gusts of up to 90 kilometres per hour.
"These winds cause power outages," the agency warned, and can also lead to difficult driving conditions, with winds expected to die down later Tuesday.
Environment Canada said damage to structures such as roofs, fences and soft shelters could occur and there is a risk of injury from flying or falling debris. A previous yellow wind warning affecting parts of the Eastern Townships early this morning has ended.
There is also a snow squall warning affecting parts of the Outaouais region, the Laurentians and the Mauricie, with blowing snow and heavy flurries expected in some areas.
Environment Canada said motorists should prepare for quickly "changing and deteriorating " road conditions.
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