Electricity being restored to Montreal after nearly 200K customers lost power

The skyline of Montreal is obscured by a haze of smog, Sunday, June 25, 2023. More than 200,000 clients have lost power in Montreal after an issue with a Hydro-Qu茅bec transmission line. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

MONTREAL - Quebec's hydro utility was working to restore electricity to clients in Montreal after a problem with a transmission line knocked out power to nearly 200,000 customers on Thursday.

Montr茅al鈥擳rudeau International Airport said some of its operations were disrupted due to what it called a major electrical failure.

By Thursday evening several flights were still listed as delayed or cancelled, but it was unclear whether those problems were caused by the blackout.

By 5:30 p.m. Hydro-Qu茅bec said about 20,000 customers in Montreal were still without power.

Spokesperson Caroline Des Rosiers said authorities were investigating what happened and weren't ruling out high temperatures in southern Quebec as the cause.

She said affected clients would have power back by early evening.

This report by 春色直播was first published July 6, 2023.

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