Canadian Press Published Sunday, May 22, 2022, 6:19 AM EDT Last Updated on Sunday, May 22, 2022, 6:19 AM EDT
About five people have died and tens of thousands have been left without electricity after a fierce storm swept through Ontario and Quebec.
Gatineau police say a 51-year-old woman died when the boat she was on capsized in the Ottawa River near Mason-Angers, Que. during the sabbath storm.
Ontario provincial police say a 44-year-old man was killed in Greater Madawasca, west of Ottawa, after he was reportedly hit by a falling tree, while Ottawa police said a man died in the western part of the city. but no one has released any additional details.
Peel Regional Police say a 70-year-old woman was killed by a falling tree while walking in Brampton, west of Toronto.
The OPP reported that one person was killed and two others injured when a tree fell on a camping trailer near Pinehurst Lake in the Waterloo region.
As of early Sunday morning, about 269,000 Hydro One customers were without electricity, while Hydro Ottawa reported more than 550 outages affecting more than 170,000 customers.
Trees and power lines were blown from Sarnia to Ottawa by a fierce wind that reached 132 km / h at Kitchener Airport at one point.
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