Cold Weather Disrupts Flights and Power in Eastern Canada
Freezing temperatures continued to cause chaos in the eastern part of the country on Sunday morning. Approximately 40 flights departing from Montreal to destinations including the United States and Toronto were canceled due to the disruptive weather conditions.
In addition to flight disruptions, many homes in Montreal woke up without power, experiencing a bone-chilling wind chill that made it feel like minus-29 degrees Celsius.
Hydro-Québec reported over 16,000 addresses without electricity on Sunday morning, with the majority of outages concentrated in Montreal, where the situation had only slightly improved from the previous day.
The power outages had peaked at nearly 30,000 across Quebec on Saturday evening, impacting over 15,000 customers in the metropolitan area. While Montérégie and Estrie saw improvements with only a few hundred addresses still affected, the Outaouais region remained one of the hardest-hit areas with around 2900 addresses still in the dark.
Environment and Climate Change Canada issued multiple cold weather warnings, with temperatures feeling as low as minus-35 degrees Celsius in the morning, further exacerbating the challenging conditions.
As if the cold weren’t enough, southern and eastern Quebec were bracing for heavy snowfall of 10 to 20 centimeters from Sunday afternoon through Monday evening, leading to concerns about blowing snow and reduced visibility on the roads.
