Ongoing storm repairs, public safety concerns leave thousands in Quebec without power

By Staff The Canadian Press

Posted July 16, 2023 3:29 pm

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Hydro-Québec says fewer than 2,000 clients who lost power Thursday due to a thunderstorm are still without electricity, but other storms have led to further outages.

Around 5,600 hydro customers across the province were without power as of 1 p.m.

Hydro-Québec spokesman Francis Labbé says isolated thunderstorms were leading to new outages in several parts of the province.

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Public safety officials also requested power cuts in Montreal Sunday morning that affected 8,000 customers, though power was restored to all but 450 by 1 p.m.

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Labbe says he doesn’t have specific information about why the cuts were requested, but notes they’re usually triggered by gas leaks or cars hitting hydro polls.