A combination of strong winds and heavy snow has left thousands of Quebecers in the dark early Tuesday.
Hydro-Québec says Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Outaouais, Lanaudière and the Laurentians are the regions hardest hit by the power outages.
At the peak of the outages, around 50,000 homes were without electricity in Abitibi-Témiscamingue alone on Monday night.
The public utility issued a statement Monday to say “several teams are at work in the field to repair the breakdowns.”
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“It may take several hours to restore power in some areas where the grid has been more damaged or in hard-to-reach places,” Hydro-Québec said.
By 5 a.m. Tuesday, about 10,000 clients still didn’t have power. Electricity is slowly coming back to residences, however.
— With files from The Canadian Press
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