From the Outaouais to Bas-Saint-Laurent regions, nearly 13,250 Hydro-Québec customers were without electricity early Monday.
The power outages were likely caused by the strong gusts of wind that began to surge Sunday evening.
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The three regions most affected before 5 a.m. were the Montérégie, Mauricie and Bas-Saint-Laurent, each with nearly 2,500 customers without electricity.
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The situation has improved, however. As of 9 a.m., there are about 9,000 clients without power across Quebec.
In Ontario, several tens of thousands of Hydro One clients, the province’s electricity supplier, were without power late Sunday night.
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