Over 10k Hydro-Québec customers still out of power after storm

Utility workers in Québec are still working to restore electricity to thousands of people due to last week’s winter storm.

Hydro-Québec said over 10,700 customers are still impacted by the power outage after the storm knocked out transmission lines across the province.

Il y a encore 20 000 clients en panne à travers le Québec ce matin. Nous poursuivons nos efforts de rétablissement avec 1200 employé(e)s sur le terrain. La grande majorité des équipes est affectée dans les secteurs les plus critiques. pic.twitter.com/GAgkeayXff

— Hydro-Québec (@hydroquebec) December 28, 2022

In a tweet published on Thursday, Hydro-Québec said there are still 20,000 customers out of power.

They are unable to provide an end date for all the outages, but 1,200 utility workers are on the ground assigned to the most critical areas.

The storm knocked out electricity affecting more than 350,000 customers since Friday.

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