The sustained episode of freezing rain in southwestern Quebec caused extensive damage. Images of trees fallen on power lines are multiplying on social networks.
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On the other side of the field, trees fell on cars.
In Laval, a fence near Florent Park has completely collapsed under the weight of the ice.
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A motorist recorded a fallen tree with a dashcam in Montreal.
Videos posted to TVANouvelles.ca by netizens also show Hydro-Québec’s transformers exploding.
In Sainte-Thérèse on Montreal’s North Shore, several neighborhoods were left without power. During the night, a citizen took pictures of the area.
In Outaouais, the number of customers without electricity runs into the thousands.
There are hundreds of broken tree branches across the island of Montreal.
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This is the region with the most failures.
Received by TVA Nouvelles in the morning, a couple explain how they were woken up by a tree falling down in front of their entrance.
“We sat quietly, then we heard a big crack. We came forward to check, then the branches had indeed fallen,” he said.
The stairs in several apartment buildings have also become impassable.
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