Less than 70,000 customers remain without power after Ontario ice storms: Hydro One

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Hydro One says the fig of customers without powerfulness has dropped to 69,000 arsenic the inferior makes advancement connected the prolonged crystal tempest outages.

Over 1 cardinal homes and businesses experienced outages since past weekend

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 06, 2025 4:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

A antheral uses a chainsaw to chopped down crystal covered trees branches are shown successful Meaford, Ontario connected Sunday March 30, 2025. More than 200,000 Ontarians are without powerfulness arsenic this weekend's crystal tempest moves east, threatening parts of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Becky Holvik *MANDATORY CREDIT *

Hydro One says the fig of customers without powerfulness has dropped to 69,000 arsenic the inferior makes advancement connected the prolonged crystal tempest outages.

Sunday's full is down by astir 33,000 from Saturday.

The provincial inferior says upwind is favourable and its helicopters and drones are backmost successful the aerial to assistance survey the damage.

The inferior says crews replaced 50 poles and rebuilt a conception of the powerfulness strategy successful the Minden country Saturday, successful 1 motion of the terrible harm facing parts of the grid.

Over a cardinal Ontario homes and businesses experienced outages since the past weekend's crystal tempest and consequent days of precocious winds and dense rain.

A determination breakdown issued by Hydro One suggests the country successful and astir Kawartha Lakes has the astir customers inactive without powerfulness astatine astir 20,000.

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