Forty-eight hours after the episode of ice storm that hit the south-west of the province, François Legault is on the ground in Coteaux, in Montérégie, strongly affected by power outages.
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The Prime Minister has indicated that approximately 80% of outages should be resolved by this evening, while 95% of Hydro-Québec customers can be expected to have power restored by tomorrow evening. .
Half of the outages reported since the ice storm have been resolved by Hydro-Quebec teams, he said.
François Legault called for solidarity with those affected by the lack of electricity, inviting citizens to house affected households and bring them hot meals and coffee.
More details to come…