Municipalities are working hard to mobilize all their resources available to citizens affected by violent storms.
On the Ottawa side, the City will open two emergency reception centres. Starting at 10 a.m. Sunday, the Carleton Heights Community Center and the CARDELREC Recreation Complex (Goulbourn) will offer, among other things, bathrooms and air conditioning.
On the night of Saturday to Sunday, the City of Ottawa informed that it was in increased intervention
following the heavy storm.
Multiple reports of power outages, property damage and fallen trees, particularly in the areas of Navan, Stittsville, Merivale and hunt club have been made
reads a press release sent at 1:35 a.m.
This motorist saw his road stop after a power pole fell on his car, Saturday, in Ottawa.
Photo: The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
The City has assured that it mobilizes all necessary resources
i.e. police, fire, paramedics and other municipal services.
Ottawa police confirmed the death of one person in the west end of the city on Saturday. Apart from the fact that the coroner has been on site, no details have yet been shared with the media to properly inform the family.
For its part, Hydro Ottawa did not issue an update Sunday on the number of power outages across the territory served. The latest information transmitted on Saturday evening reported 1,000 outages and 179,000 customers affected, or about half of the customers.
According to Environment Canada, gusts of wind even reached 120 km/h at Ottawa International Airport.
Front line crews have been deployed to restore power and clear streets in Ottawa.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Brian Morris
Nearly 100,000 customers without electricity in Outaouais
On the Outaouais side, nearly 97,000 Hydro-Québec customers are still without power on Sunday morning.
Saturday, at the height of the storm, nearly 120,000 citizens had lost power in their homes, which is equivalent to half of the 224,649 customers in the Outaouais territory.
On Saturday, a 51-year-old woman lost her life on the Ottawa River, in the Masson-Angers sector, after her boat capsized. The Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau (SPVG) confirmed his death.
Under construction, Secondary School 041 in Gatineau was not spared by Saturday’s storm.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Charles Lalande
On Sunday morning, the public relations officers of SPVG mentioned having received many calls in the Gatineau, Masson-Angers and Buckingham sectors, in particular for traffic lights that no longer work, broken poles and trees lying in the streets.
On the other hand, the SPVG said he had nothing to report in the Hull and Aylmer sectors.
Eastern Ontario is no exception
In Eastern Ontario, the City of Clarence-Rockland will provide an update at 10 a.m. on the extreme weather event that affected the municipality
.
Saturday, around 8 p.m., the City declared a state of emergency, asking people to stay at home due significant debris littering the streets
. The doors of the Clarence Creek Arena are open to citizens in need of shelter.
In eastern Ontario, Hawkesbury also had to weather the storm and its consequences.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Denis Babin
A 44-year-old man died in Renfrew County on Saturday. The Ontario Provincial Police said he passed away after being struck by a falling tree. An investigation is underway.
This text will be updated throughout the day.
With information from Emmanuelle Poisson
Reference-ici.radio-canada.ca