A high wind event with winds peaking from 70 – 100 km/h, along with rain and heavy snow, blew west to east across most of Ontario, knocking out power for thousands.
Hydro One says all available crews are responding to outages as quickly and safely as possible with additional crews being mobilized to the hardest hit areas.
Customers in Picton should have their power back shortly as Hydro One has a 5 p.m. restoration time.
Customers in Picton should have their power back shortly as Hydro One has a 5 p.m. restoration time.
Those in Bancroft can expect power back around 8 p.m.
Customers in Trenton have an estimated restoration time of 9 p.m.
Those in Tweed are looking at 10 p.m. before the lights come back on.
Hydro One has restored approximately 169,500 customers, with 215,600 customers affected across the province since the start of the event.
At this time there are approximately 46,000 customers without power across Hydro One’s distribution system.
Approximately 32,900 Hydro One customers in the East region remain without power at this time.
