(Montreal) Hydro-Quebec crews gradually restored power Sunday afternoon after a spring snowstorm caused tens of thousands of outages across the province.
Fewer than 1,000 customers remained without power Sunday evening, compared to more than 30,000 early that morning.
Hydro-Quebec spokesman Jonathan Côté said the weight of the snow bent tree branches that crashed into power lines.
Sunday morning, he didn’t believe there were many “major repairs” needed to restore power.
The regions of Lanaudière and Montérégie were particularly affected.
Environment Canada indicated that several regions have recorded significant snowfall over the past 24 hours, including the Laurentians with 15 to 20 cm and Lanaudière with 20 cm.
Some other parts of the province, including the Quebec and Charlevoix regions, had snowfall warnings on Sunday morning, but those warnings had all been lifted by late afternoon.
In Ontario, the wind caused numerous power cuts and deprived some 30,000 customers of power. About 1,300 of them remained affected on Sunday evening.