Heavy thunderstorms hit Quebec late in the afternoon and on Saturday evening.
In total, Hydro-Québec reported 1,237 outages, affecting 468,837 homes across the province.
According to Hydro-Quebec, more than 90,000 homes were still without electricity at 10 a.m. in the Outaouais area and more than 150,000 in Laurentians.
The Crown Corporation attributes the interruptions to “strong thunderstorms”. In addition, some 100,000 customers in the Lanodier region experienced power outages.
In total, Hydro Quebec reported that 398,889 customers were experiencing power outages.
Major disruptions were also reported in the Quebec City and Morrissey regions.
In Val de Mont, in the Outaouais area, several trees fell on a villa with residents inside. A mother and daughter remained trapped in the building, whose roof collapsed.
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There was also a tree hanging over the roof. MRC des Collines police were able to safely evacuate the people from the residence and they were not injured.
Environment Canada has issued an emergency signal in the national system for all television, radio and cell phones in the Outaouais region.
Another tornado warning was issued around 5 pm in the national system for the Lanodier region, including the cities of Joliet, Rowden and Bertierville. Strong winds, heavy rain and hail were reported in the area.
Another warning was then issued for western Montreal and parts of the Laurentians, including Lachute and Saint-Jérôme.
At 22:00, strong thunderstorms and tornadoes ended in many parts of the province. However, warnings of severe thunderstorms are still in effect in most of Montreal, the Eastern Towns and Buss.
GREAT DAMAGES IN THE PROVINCE
Strong winds have been recorded in several places, including Lake Memphremagog with gusts up to 151 km / h, Trois-Riviere with peaks of 96 km / h and Gatineau with 90 km / h.
The Montreal area was spared by storms that moved from Ontario through the Outaouais, Laurentians, Lanaudière and Mauricie regions to the Capitale-Nationale region late Saturday afternoon. The Eastern Townships and Chaudière-Appalaches regions were affected by another thunderstorm at night, around 3 am on Sunday.
Several municipalities reported fallen trees and damage.
In Val Morin, in the Laurentians, residents were asked to minimize the consumption of drinking water: “Due to the power outage, the supply of water produced by our pumping stations is delayed,” the municipality wrote on its Facebook page. .
In Lanodier, two schools were damaged by the weather. These are the Sainte-Bernadette school in Notre Dame de Lourdes and the Saint-Alphonse school in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, according to a note published by the Center de services scolaires des Samares, which says it is working with experts to assess the situation. and “organize your safe return to class.”
In the Outaouais area, several residents shared photos on social media of the church of Saint-Fidèle in Facet, whose bell tower collapsed.
– This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on 22 May 2022.
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