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Tens of thousands of residents and businesses in Ottawa, eastern Ontario and western Quebec are without power this morning, as the cleanup begins following the freezing rainstorm.
The storm covered roads, sidewalks, trees and hydro infrastructure with a layer of ice through the day.in Ottawa today due to power outages. The Ottawa Catholic District School Board says 20 schools are closed today. "The situation continues to fluctuate and conditions are every poor and unsafe as a result of bad road conditions, ice build up and downed trees and power lines in many areas of the city," Hydro Ottawa said on its website.shows several power outages across the city on Thursday morning. The outages include 6,380 customers in the Sittsville, Kanata, Carleton-March and Rideau-Jock area, and 4,000 customers without power in the Beacon Hill-Cyrville and Orleans area.
Hydro Quebec is reporting 136 outages across the Outaouais region of western Quebec, with 126,000 customers without power Thursday morning.City of Ottawa officials say staff are working to clear trees and limbs that are blocking streets across the city.
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