Eight power outages in Ottawa, 2,700 in the dark after severe storm
Posted Aug 17, 2020 11:00:00 PM.
UPDATE, Tuesday, August 18: All storm-related outages have been resolved.
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Hydro Ottawa is working to restore power in eight areas of the city after a severe thunderstorm blew through.
As of 6:55 p.m., August 17, the utility says 2,790 customers are without power. More than 800 of those people are in the Dunrobin and West Carleton-March area.
Hydro Ottawa says it hopes to have power restored in all eight sections by 12:30 a.m.
Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for the capital region late Monday afternoon, which later changed to a severe thunderstorm warning. The storm was capable of delivering wind gusts of 100 km/hr and toonie-sized hail.
The severe storm warning has since ended.
