Tuesday’s messy weather left tens of thousands without power throughout Quebec, according to Hydro-Quebec’s website.
As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, 37,000 customers still had no electricity.
About 200 crews are on the ground, steadily re-establishing service after almost 66,000 clients had their power cut during the night.
The outages are concentrated mostly in the Laurentians and the Outaouis regions but the Montérégie is also affected.
Hydro-Quebec said the freezing rain is to blame.
“It’s affecting vegetation that is falling on our power lines,” Geneviève Chouinard, a spokesperson with Hydro-Quebec said.
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The weather will also prove a challenge when it comes to restoring power.
Chouinard said the weather conditions will make it more difficult for crews to operate, adding it might take over 24 hours to fix everything.
Hydro-Quebec is posting updates on their website.