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Power outages continue as southern Ontario grapples with deadly thunderstorms

 

 

5 people are dead and damage is ‘extensive,’ says Environment Canada

 

CBC News · Posted: May 22, 2022 9:22 AM ET | Last Updated: 24 minutes ago

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Several cities and towns were under a thunderstorm warning on Saturday as areas such as Kitchener, Ont., saw heavy rain and high winds.

 

Five people are dead and others injured after "severe thunderstorms raced through" Ontario on Saturday afternoon, leaving behind "extensive" damage, according to Environment Canada.

 

 

At least 160,000 Ontarians were still without power as of Sunday at 11 a.m., according to Hydro One.

 

In Toronto, where winds were recorded between 89 kilometres per hour and 120 km/h, roughly 15,000 remain without power, according to Russell Baker, a Toronto Hydro spokesperson.

 

That's down from 110,000 who lost power during the storm.

 

"Crews remain focused on addressing public safety hazards," Baker said.

 

Across the province, people reported overturned cars, uprooted trees, downed power lines, and damaged buildings.

 

Damaging wind gusts reached as high as 132 km/h in the Kitchener-Waterloo region.

 

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In Uxbridge Township, where winds were recorded at 100 km/h, Mayor David Barton declared a State of Emergency as a result of the storm.

 

"Residents should be prepared for a prolonged power outage," he wrote in a public Facebook post, urging residents to "Please stay home for safety."

 

 

 

Tens of thousands still without power in Ontario and Quebec after deadly storm

 

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The Canadian Press · Posted: May 22, 2022 9:55 AM ET | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

 

Residents take a look at a tree that came down during the storm in Ottawa on Saturday. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

 

 

As many as five people are dead and tens of thousands remain without power following a fierce storm that swept across Ontario and Quebec.

 

In Quebec, Gatineau police said a 51-year-old woman died when the boat she was in capsized in the Ottawa River near Masson-Angers, Que., during Saturday's storm.

 

Ontario Provincial Police said a 44-year-old man was killed in Greater Madawaska, west of Ottawa, after reportedly being struck by a falling tree, while police in Ottawa said one person died in the city's west end but didn't release any further details.

 

Peel Regional Police said a woman in her 70s was killed by a falling tree while she was walking in Brampton, Ont., northwest of Toronto.

 

The OPP reported one person was killed and two others were injured when a tree fell on a camping trailer near Pinehurst Lake in Brant County.

 

 

A fallen tree lies in front of an Oshawa, Ont., home. Liota says that while wind gusts of such speeds aren't so rare in isolated microbursts, the storm was unusual in that it covered such a large geographic area. (Michael Charles Cole/CBC)

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The Township of Uxbridge, Ont., declared a local state of emergency after the storm caused significant damage in the community.

 

A statement posted on the township's website says there are widespread power outages and many closed roads due to downed trees and power lines.

 

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Residents are being asked to stay home to allow municipal workers to focus on removing road hazards rather than manage traffic congestion.

 

Some of the strongest winds to hit Ontario, as the line of thunderstorms developed near Sarnia and then moved west, were in the Ottawa area. Environment Canada reported peak wind gusts of 120 km/h at Ottawa International Airport.

 

 

At an emergency news conference Saturday night, the City of Ottawa's head of emergency services, Kim Ayotte, was surprised by the storm's scope.

 

"This one hit us hard, it hit us fast.... I was out at the airport earlier and I saw telephone posts knocked down, large trees uprooted, several hydro lines being split in half. It was incredible. The sheer area that was affected is like nothing I've seen in my memory."

 

Officials in Ottawa say the cleanup from the storm could take several days.

 

 

Utility crews work to make sure the power is off as motorists remain in their vehicles after the storm took down poles and power lines, on Merivale Road in Ottawa on Saturday. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

Trees and power lines were knocked down by ferocious winds across that swath of the province. At one point, winds reached 132 km/h at the Kitchener airport.

 

As of early Sunday morning, about 269,000 Hydro One customers were without power, while Hydro Ottawa reported more than 700 outages affecting more than 170,000 customers.

 

Hydro One's outage map

"The situation is complex with extensive damage to our infrastructure across the city to both transmission and distribution systems, and at this time, we are not able to provide estimated restoration times," Hydro Ottawa said in an update on Sunday morning.

 

"Crews have worked overnight and will continue to do so over the coming days. At this time, we believe this will be a multi-day restoration effort. Power will be restored initially to large-scale outages, followed by smaller ones, keeping safety as the No. 1  priority."

 

Hydro One is Ontario's largest service provider for electricity and supplies power to Toronto Hydro, which on Sunday morning tweeted that it continues to deal with "multiple outages across the city."

 

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Several cities and towns were under a thunderstorm warning on Saturday as areas such as Kitchener, Ont., saw heavy rain and high winds.

Customers heading to Toronto Hydro's website were not able to get an update on what areas were still affected by outages as of late Sunday morning.

 

"We're working on restoring our outage map and appreciate your ongoing patience," the utility said on the website.

 

A spokesperson said about 15,000 customers were still without electricity, down from 110,000 who lost power during the storm.

 

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As of early Sunday morning, more than 400,000 Hydro-Québec customers were still without power. At its peak, the storm knocked out the lights for more than 510,000 customers, the Crown corporation said. Most of the power outages were in the Quebec City, Outaouais, Laurentians, Lanaudière and the Montérégie regions.

 

A Hydro-Québec spokesperson said most people should have their power on later Sunday, starting with those in the hardesthit regions.