Winter storm slamming Canadians will be ‘a big one,’ 300K already without power
Environment Canada is also issuing extreme cold warnings for both Prairie provinces, with temperatures in Saskatchewan set to plunge below -40 C to -50 with the wind chill. In Manitoba, “extremely cold wind chill values near minus 40 are expected today,” a weather alert read.Roughly 224,000 people have been left without power in Quebec — a figure that has jumped by tens of thousands with each passing hour Friday morning.
So far, the Outaouais, Laurentians and Quebec City regions have been the hardest hit. The southern half of the province is facing a number of different weather warnings, including heavy snow, rain, strong winds and, in some areas, freezing rain.Major winter storm closes schools in Quebec, more than 200,000 without power
“If you absolutely have to hit the road, be sure to adapt your driving and be careful,” Quebec Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault wrote on Twitter.Over in Ontario, about 60,000 households have been plunged into darkness due to a power outage.
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