A day after severe storms hit several sectors of Quebec, 20,000 homes were without power as of Friday afternoon.
Posted at 6:01 am.
Updated at 14:02.
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At the height of the storm, Thursday at 9:12 p.m., 139,878 addresses were affected.
On Friday around 2 p.m., it was in the regions of Lanaudière (9,095 addresses) and Laurentide (8,000) that the most breakdowns occurred. Saint-Lin-Laurentide in Lanaudiere remains particularly affected, with 3,004 addresses needing to be reconnected. In the Laurentian region, there are still approximately 3,216 affected households in the regional municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville, including Blainville and Rosemere.
“The storms that occurred on the evening of July 2 caused numerous power outages in several regions of Quebec,” Hydro-Québec explains on its website. Today, work continues in the affected regions. We are aware of the inconvenience during this hot period. »
PHOTO ANDREY IVANOV, SPECIAL COOPERATION ARCHIVES
Passers-by on Saint-Denis Street in Montreal during a thunderstorm Thursday evening.
We also warn that these storms could cause downed electrical lines in certain locations. “For your safety, do not touch them and keep your distance: even on the ground they may be energized,” the state-owned company warns.
In Quebec, the Lac Saint-Pierre sector recorded the strongest wind gusts of more than 119 km/h on Thursday, according to Environment Canada. In Montreal, a maximum speed of 96 km/ha was also recorded at Montreal-Trudeau Airport. L’Assomption ranks third with wind gusts of 72 km/h.
Scattered showers on Thursday, e.g. from 20:00 to 22.1 mm. and 9 p.m. Thursday at Montreal-Trudeau Airport did not result in flooding, according to Environment Canada, according to the Vigilance flood monitoring network Friday.