About 150,000 Hydro Ottawa customers alone are without power after a twister ripped through the area and neighbouring Quebec on Friday — and the city's mayor warns it could take days to restore service to those affected by the storm. Electrical damage worse than the ice stormThe tornado has caused considerable damage to dozens of homes, trees and electrical transmission towers. People collect personal effects from damaged homes following a tornado in Dunrobin, Ont., west of Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. In total, 200 citywide outages have left 147,000 Hydro Ottawa customers without power and another 2,000 rural customers, serviced by Hydro One, are also without service. Hydro Ottawa President Bryce Conrad said damage to electric infrastructure could take days to restore.

Source: CBC News September 22, 2018 15:21 UTC