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More than 65,000 Hydro-Québec customers were without power Monday evening after a major storm swept through southern Quebec, triggering tornado warnings for parts of the Outaouais and Laurentides regions.
“Our teams are mobilized to restore power as quickly as possible. We thank you for your patience and understanding,” Hydro-Québec said on its website. Most of the outages were in the Montreal, Montérégie and Estrie regions, with some outages in the Lanaudière and Laurentides regions.
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By 7 p.m., the last of the tornado warnings had been lifted, though severe thunderstorm warnings were still in effect for areas including Ste-Adèle, Mont-Tremblant and St-Michel-des-Saints north of Montreal. Areas as far east as St-Hyacinthe and well past Gatineau to the west were under severe thunderstorm watches.
Montreal hit a high of 25 C during the day, with a humidex of 30 and a UV index of 3, or moderate. Monday night’s forecast was a low of 17 C.
Meanwhile in the U.S.
Powerful storms killed at least 18 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter in a restroom during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S.
The storms inflicted their worst damage in a region spanning from north of Dallas to the northwest corner of Arkansas, and the system threatened to bring more violent weather to other parts of the Midwest. By Monday, forecasters said, the greatest risk would shift to the east, covering a broad swath of the country from Alabama to near New York City.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency early Monday in a post on X, citing “multiple reports of wind damage and tornadoes.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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