Yesterday’s Thunderstorm left thousands without power

Yesterday’s Thunderstorm left thousands without power

Yesterday severe thunderstorms swept through the Outaouais and eastern ontario, causing significant damage. Environment Canada had issued a severe thunderstorm warning. Some media outlets are reporting gusts of winds reaching nearly 140 km/h. As of 1 pm today (Monday), 178 customers were without electricity in Mansfield with pockets of people without power in the rest of the Pontiac. In Renfrew County, as of 12:30 pm, about 3 hundred people were still without power in the Whitewater Region with over half of Cobden without power earlier this morning. 8400 customers were cut off as of 6 am. As of this point most of the power has been reconnected.