Snowstorm cuts power, closes schools in Quebec
Tens of thousands of homes were in the dark Wednesday morning after 15 cm of snow struck Quebec.
The Eastern Townships region was the hardest hit, with more than 29,000 homes without power. By 2 p.m., almost 17,000 clients still had no electricity.
Bas-Saint-Laurent and the Outaouais were a distant second and third, with 1,828 and 1,707 outages, respectively. All but 370 of those outages were resolved by 2 p.m., with virtually no outages in the Outaouais.
In Montreal, 347 customers have no electricity as of 2 p.m, up slighty from the 259 in the morning.
The city is no longer under a winter storm warning by Environment and Climate Change Canada as the snow and freezing rain turns to rain Wednesday morning.
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Between 10 and 20 mm of rain is forecasted, and this messy mix of precipitation may cause difficult travel conditions during rush hour.
Drier weather is expected by Wednesday afternoon.
Temperatures are expected to dip Thursday and Friday, but another storm is expected Friday night into Saturday, with 15 to 20 cm of snow predicted to fall.
SCHOOL CLOSURES
The following schools are closed due to the weather:
- Arundel Elementary School
- Grenville Elementary School
- Joliette Elementary School
- Joliette High School
- Knowlton Academy
- Laurentia Elementary School
- Laurentian Elementary School
- Laurentian Regional High School
- Morin Heights Elementary School
- Peter Hall School
- Rawdon Elementary School
- Sainte-Agathe Academy
- Sainte-Adele Elementary School
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