More than one millions of people they are without electricity in Canada following a freezing rain storm you deposited 37 millimeters of ice In large regions of the province of Quebecaccording to data from the electricity company Hydro-Quebec.

In a message on Twitter said company acknowledged that although more than thousand workers are trying to restore service, many houses they could continue Without electricity until Friday.

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Besides, the winter storm still active in some parts of the French-speaking province it is therefore possible that they occur new power cuts in other areas of Quebecacknowledged the company.

One of the most affected areas due to the power outage is the city of Montrealthe second most populous in the country with 1.7 million peoplealthough in its metropolitan area 4.3 million live.

Hydro-Quebec believes that more than one neighborhood of the citysome 480 thousand peoplethey found themselves without electricity after the passage of the stormwhich recorded gusts of wind up to 60 kilometers per hour.

He Canadian Meteorological Service say today that Montreal accumulated on Wednesday 37 millimeters of rain gel in just over 12 hours.

THE authorities of the city advised the City Avoid driving on the streets. The accumulation of ice caused the break tree branches which, falling, block the streets, causing damage to Vehicles as well as the breaking of power transmission lines. Are terms They also forced the closure of most Montreal schools on Thursday.

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There Ice storm occurs exactly 25 years after another which, in January 1998, destroyed a large part of the high voltage pylons of the province. Millions of people stayed Without electricityin some cases for weeks, in mid winter.