More than one million human beings had been with out electricity in Quebec on Thursday morning after an afternoon of freezing rain and sturdy winds hit southeastern Canada, toppling bushes onto electricity lines.
There had been 1,000 employees seeking to repair electricity in a single day and Thursday morning, strength issuer Hydro-Quebec stated, caution that greater outages may want to nonetheless occur.
“We are assured that we are able to repair electricity to a number of the affected clients today,” Hydro-Quebec stated in a statement. “Unfortunately, it’s miles already anticipated that a few clients will nonetheless be with out electricity on Friday and this weekend.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who changed into scheduled to be in Montreal on Thursday to talk approximately his government`s budget, supplied to offer federal help if required.
Montreal is a number of the worst laid low with the electricity outages after Wednesday’s ice storm, in keeping with Hydro-Quebec.
“We’re contemplating anyone in Quebec and Eastern Ontario laid low with yesterday’s storm – and we are thanking the crews who’re clearing roads and restoring electricity,” Trudeau stated on Twitter.