A storm front swept across southern and central Quebec from west to east Thursday evening and Friday morning, caused numerous power outages.
Early Friday, around 40,000 addresses were still in the dark. At the height of the situation, on Thursday evening, nearly 50,000 homes were without power.
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The Outaouais region is the hardest hit, with nearly 24,000 addresses affected. Nearly 8,000 Hydro-Québec customers are without power in the Laurentians.
“Around 6:30 p.m., in the Ferme-Neuve and Chute-Saint-Philippe area, one of these thunderstorms caused violent gusts of wind, causing damage to some buildings and breaking several trees,” Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) reported on its X account, around 11:30 a.m., Friday.
Hail of up to 4 centimetres was observed in Ferme-Neuve. A thunderstorm also caused some damage in the Wakefield and Val-des-Monts area late in the afternoon, says the message published by ECCC Météo Québec on X.
In the Quebec City region, Hydro-Québec reports that approximately 6,000 addresses were without power. Other regions are also affected, but to a lesser extent.
At the end of Thursday’s hot and humid day, a band of thunderstorms formed, prompting Environment Canada to issue a severe thunderstorm warning.
The thunderstorms mainly affected western Quebec. The system then turned to rain as it continued overnight.
Thunderstorms also affected Ontario. As of Friday morning, nearly 80,000 Hydro One customers were without power.
“Our teams are responding as quickly and safely as possible to address outages caused by thunderstorms moving through parts of southern and central Ontario,” the utility said on its outage website.
Environment Canada’s thunderstorm warnings were all withdrawn Friday morning.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
