An evacuated festival, thousands of private electricity customers and uprooted trees: the consequences of Thursday evening thunderstorms are very tangible in the national capital region.
Strong gusts have been felt in several sectors in the region, as well as the rain.
Environment Canada said that Thunderstorms
crossed Quebec and Ontario with gusts of wind that can go from 70 km/h to 90 km/h. The agency has also spoken of episodes with lightning, which can explain power outages for thousands of customers in the region, mainly in Outaouais.
According to data updated by Hydro Québec at 8:30 a.m., 22,108 addresses (out of 223,862) is affected in Outaouais.
On the side of MRC Collines-de-l’outaouais, a lieutenant told Radio-Canada that violent thunderstorms had not made damage, in addition to the police station is deprived of electricity. She said that a little generator feeds certain workstations.
In Outaouais, more than 20,000 Hydro Quebec customers are still deprived of electricity on Friday morning.
Photo : Radio-Canada / Anne-Louise Michel
The police service in the city of Gatineau mentioned, Friday morning, to be intervened only for minor incidents, such as fallen branches, reporting no major incident.
An abrupt late evening in a restaurant in Wakefield
In Wakefield, the evening ended abruptly at the village house due to thunderstorms and electricity failure in the restaurant that belongs to the owner Michael Houle, Who is also the chief.
He immediately told his employees to put ice in all refrigerators and freezers, and to close them immediately.
He also presented himself at his restaurant very early Friday morning in the hope of avoiding losses of food. In the middle of his interview with Radio-Canada, he saw a Hydro Quebec truck arriving in his parking lot.
We have good equipment. We have [une période de] 36 hours before worrying. I have no generator, but I think I will have to buy one soon! These storms are becoming more and more violent
a dit M. Houle.
He had just said that he hoped that electricity was back before dinner time to hope to welcome his customers on Friday evening.
This vehicle belongs to a customer of the restaurant La Maison du Village. The owner of the owner was renewed customers who could not leave parking.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Matéo Garcia-Tremblay
After a sunny day Thursday, Environnement Canada issued a violent thunderstorm alert for Ottawa, Gatineau and certain sectors in Outaouais at the end of the day.
The weather conditions have also forced the cancellation of the activities planned for the evening at the Parasol festival which is held in Gatineau.
In Gatineau, the Parasol festival was forced to cancel, at 8:30 p.m., the rest of its festivities. “The security of our festival -goers and our team being our priority, this decision, although difficult, is essential.”
Photo : Radio-Canada / Nelly Albérola
Current failures have also been reported on the capital side, mainly in the southwest of the city. No emergency has been reported to the Ottawa Police Service.
With the information of Anne-Louise Michel
