Freezing rain from a winter storm has left several regions of Quebec and more than half a million households without power, according to Hydro-Québec.
In an advisory posted on social media April 5, the power company said the outages are mostly being caused by the weight of ice causing branches and trees near the power grid to break and fall on the lines.
Environment Canada issued a severe weather alert, reporting wind gusts of approximately 60 km/hour in Montreal. The area is expected to receive 10 to 20 millimetres of ice on April 5, with freezing rain eventually changing to rain later in the evening….