Utility crews continue work on power outages in Ottawa Valley caused by overnight high winds

Utility providers continue to be busy addressing any outages and damage caused by Saturday’s fierce winds and mixed bag of weather.

“Significant damage has been reported, including broken poles, fallen trees and hazardous road conditions,” a message on Hydro One’s website reads. “Due to the severity of the damage, we are bringing in staff from other areas not affected by the storm to assist with assessing (damage) and restoring power.”

According to Hydro One’s outage map, as of Sunday morning, there are no more outages in the Ottawa area.

However, the surrounding areas are still grappling with the aftermath.

“Our teams worked throughout the night responding to emergencies,” Hydro One said in a tweet. “They're back at it again this morning, coming across extensive damage including more broken poles. There's significant work ahead of our crews to restore power, and more are on the way to help.”

Outages have been reported in places from White Lake to Russell, Dunrobin to Oxford Mills and everywhere in between in Ottawa’s outskirts, all of which have an estimated restoration time of 4 p.m. on Sunday.

As reported by Hydro One on its Twitter account on Saturday, over 200,000 customers across Ontario were without power.

To consult the Hydro One outages map, visit the Hydro One website.

Hydro Ottawa, however, confirmed that its crews were done addressing and fixing any outages within its jurisdiction.

The last bulletin from Hydro Ottawa confirmed that crews had restored power outages in the Parkdale, Forward and Hinchey areas — which had affected 836 customers — as of 6 a.m.

Environment Canada confirms that wind gusts reached 83 km/h at the Ottawa Airport, with some of Ottawa’s surrounding rural areas reaching up to 93 km/h.

Ottawa police also told CityNews that they had not received any significant calls that were related to Saturday’s stormy winds.