MONTREAL -- Tuesday evening's short but powerful rainstorm left tens of thousands of people without power across Quebec.
In total, 69,403 households had lost power as of 8:15 p.m., according to Hydro-Quebec's power outages map, including 37,121 in Montreal.
The provincial number had dropped to 48,261 by 10:15, with about 22,000 in Montreal.
There were 3,600 households without power in Saint-Laurent, 2,500 in Pierrefonds, 2,900 in Lachine, 2,100 in Kirkland, 6,600 in Dorval and 5,700 in Pointe-Claire.
The Laurentians were also hit hard, with 8,900 households in the dark.
More northern regions saw outages later in the evening.
