Thousands of Quebecers risk spending Christmas Day without electricity.
Sunday morning around 7:45 a.m., Hydro-Québec reported more than 136,000 homes, businesses and other customers still without power since the day before. No region of Quebec was spared by these blackouts.
The hardest hit region remains the Capitale-Nationale with more than 40,000 Hydro-Quebec subscribers still without power when they wake up.
The other regions most affected are Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (more than 20,000 customers), Montérégie (more than 9,000 customers), Côte-Nord (more than 17,000 customers) and the Laurentians (more than 11 000 customers).
Added to this are Mauricie (more than 12,000 customers) and Bas-Saint-Laurent (more than 9,000) where the storm raged during the night.
Cancellations and delays
Air traffic remains disrupted at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. Sunday morning, many flights were delayed or canceled.
VIA Rail Canada trains are also affected by weather conditions, and the railway company announced on its website that “significant delays” were to be expected in the Quebec City – Windsor corridor. Twenty trains were also canceled on Saturday.
Due to the derailment of a Canadian National train, VIA Rail has indicated on its website that it is forced “to cancel all trains between Toronto and Ottawa and Toronto and Montreal for December 25th. »
As for Orléans Express coaches, no cancellations were announced Sunday morning on the company’s website.
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