More than a week after the violent storms hit Quebec and Ontario, several thousand homes remain without electricity.
About 6,000 Hydro-Quebec customers were without electricity on Sunday afternoon, mainly in Laurentians, Outaouais and Lanaudière, according to the Info-pannes website.
The other day, Hydro-Québec announced that more than 1000 interventions are still needed. The repairs, in sometimes remote areas, only restore service to a small number of customers at a time, the state-owned company said.
In Ontario, 9,900 Hydro Ottawa customers are still affected by the losses.
However, the agency that serves the federal capital region said it has reconnected 94% of customers affected by power outages since the storms last weekend.
For the past nine days, Hydro Ottawa has been conducting construction work that will take a full year under normal circumstances.the organization said in a press release, noting that strong winds on May 21 caused five times more damage than tornadoes in 2018.
In the rest of Ontario, nearly 12,000 Hydro One customers remain without electricity.
The Ontario Crown corporation has warned that stricken customers in the Bancroft, Perth and Tweed areas are expected to lose power within days or even weeks.
Bad weather on May 21 killed at least 11 people in Ontario and Quebec. The latest death, reported Thursday, was of a 58-year-old man who according to the OPP was hit by a fallen tree in a remote area of Marmora & Lake town.
Financial assistance
Special financial assistance was announced Saturday by the Quebec government to cover food losses suffered by beneficiaries of social assistance programs following power outages.
Recipients of social assistance affected by unemployment lasting more than 24 hours are eligible for this assistance of $ 75 per person. The maximum amount for each family is $ 300.
Source: Radio-Canada
