Tens of thousands of Ontarians are still without power today as Hydro One crews continue “working around the clock” to get the lights back after last week’s ice storm left homes and businesses across the province in the dark.
Hydro One announced early April 6 that the number of customers affected had decreased to 69,000 as crews worked to resolve the extended outages caused by the ice storm. However, by evening, the number of outages had risen to more than 80,000.
As of midday today, 44,000 customers were still without power, 20,600 of which are secondary properties such as cottages and trailers.
More than 4,800 crew members are on the job today as localized flooding hampers repair efforts in some areas, Hydro One said in an online update. The provincial utility said crews have also been forced to rebuild sections of the local distribution grid “in many places.”…