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Published May 28, 2022, 12:33 p.m.
Updated May 28, 2022 1:24 p.m.
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A week after strong winds and a thunderstorm swept through Ontario and Quebec, just over 60,000 homes in both provinces are without electricity today.
At least 11 people were killed during or after last Saturday’s storm as it felled trees, cut power lines and caused severe property damage.
In Ontario, Hydro One reports that more than 23,000 are without electricity today, mostly in the eastern part of the province.
Read more: Ontario’s tallest tree survived the Dereho storm on May 21
Hydro Ottawa says 19,000 customers are still without electricity.
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Hydro-Quebec, meanwhile, says there are just over 18,000 without electricity in the province, mainly in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Laurentians and Lanaudiere.
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Environment Canada said bad weather last weekend included dereho – a rare widespread storm linked to a series of thunderstorms – that developed near Sarnia, Ont., And moved northeast through the province, ending in Quebec City.
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