Martel told reporters Sunday that significant progress had been made in bringing the number of clients without power from 990,000 at its peak on Friday afternoon down to 119,000 nearly 48 hours later. Ryan Remiorz/THE CANADIAN PRESS A tree brought down by heavy wind and rain lies across a street in Montreal on Oct. 17, 2019. Of the remaining cases, Martel said about 70 per cent were cases where successful repair work would mean roughly 20 clients at a time would be hooked up to the grid again, slowing down that steady progress. Spokesman Francis Labbe explained earlier Sunday those harder to reach areas had their own set of challenges. Graham Hughes/THE CANADIAN PRESS A large branch is shown strewn across a footpath on a street in Montreal on Nov. 1, 2019.

Source: Huffington Post November 04, 2019 01:32 UTC