The cleanup continues, following a deadly storm that blew across southern Ontario and Quebec over the long weekend.
Hydro crews are still working to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers across the province.
The fast-moving storm on Saturday only lasted about an hour and left at least 10 people dead, mostly from falling trees.
Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) says it is investigating the aftermath in both Uxbridge and south Ottawa to determine if any tornadoes touched down.
NTP teams surveyed 2 locations in ON yesterday that had localized swaths of enhanced damage: Uxbridge and southern Ottawa. Given the complexity of the damage due to the derecho, it will require thorough analysis in order to classify / rate the event. Work continues. #ONStorm 1/2 pic.twitter.com/35NA20jGUE
— Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 (@westernuNTP) May 23, 2022
In addition, an NTP survey team will head to the Rawdon, QC area today to investigate damage associated with a tornado-warned supercell that occurred ahead of the derecho. #meteoQC
Thanks to @environmentca and @Instant_Weather for help with report gathering for these storms. pic.twitter.com/K9OW19qyK8
— Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦 (@westernuNTP) May 23, 2022
Our crews are still continuing to make progress but we are still attending multiple outages across our service area. Please refer to our outage maps for the latest updates and ETRs at https://t.co/9SLEeHpt1y ^pa
— Alectra (@alectranews) May 24, 2022
Our neighbours to the south are here to help! Crews from the US have crossed the border to assist with getting the lights back on. Saturday’s #ONstom caused extensive damage, and we appreciate everyone’s patience. Thank you to the crews for coming! pic.twitter.com/8fNtUmClC9
— Hydro One (@HydroOne) May 23, 2022