More than 300,000 Canadians faced energy interruptions on Ontario on Sunday (31), when the ice storm hit the area during the weekend, according to the water electricity resource.
The Canada environment issued the winter storm alerts due to the frozen rains in Ottawa, parts of Quebec and Ontario, with the risk of mixing snow or moving to ice cells, which should continue until Monday (31) in the morning in some areas.
Hydro, or Hydro, said, “The energy fall has greatly caused the branches and branches of the tree weighing in frozen rain,” noting that there is also a risk of floods in the center of Ontario.
More than 350,000 customers were affected until Sunday (30), according to the site, where the energy is expected to restore on April 1.
The public service resource said that there are about 35,000 customers without energy, especially in Barry, north of Toronto.
“The progress was slow due to the ice on the lines, but all the available resources were mobilized,” he said on Sunday.
The city of Aurelia, in Ontario, has declared a state of emergency because of the storm, because Frozen rain For a long time, it still causes a widespread drop in energy, dangerous conditions on roads, trees, energy lines, and damage to the general and private infrastructure.
The city said: “This is a very dangerous situation with dangerous conditions of roads, trees and energy lines, and the damage to the general and private infrastructure,” the city said.
Many Ontario residents commented on social networks that the roads were closed due to torn trees and that they heard the trees have fallen since the storm began.
