At 4:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. in Lisbon), nearly 450,000 homes remained in the dark, compared to 1.1 million at the height of the storm.
Public electricity producer Hydro-Québec has resolved about 50% of the situations so far, aiming to resolve 80% of cases tonight and 95% by Saturday evening, Quebec regional government leader François Legault said during a press conference conference.
François Legault also announced the death of a man who used a barbecue in his home, about forty kilometers northwest of Montreal.
This death is the third since the storm began, and comes in addition to that of an Eastern Ontario resident, who was killed by a falling tree on Wednesday, and that of a 60-year-old man in Quebec, fatally injured by a branch. Thursday she tries to clean her garden.
As the day progressed, power was gradually restored.
“We know it will take until Sunday, possibly Monday for some customers,” said Régis Tellier, a spokesman for Hydro-Québec.
“More favorable meteorological conditions” during the day should “accelerate service recovery,” he added.
Source: DN
