More than 40,000 Hydro-Québec customers were still without power Friday morning due to the storm that hit several regions last Saturday.

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The Laurentians region was the most affected, with 26,535 customers without electricity during the 7:48 a.m. report.

In Lanaudière and Outaouais, 5,982 households and 11,090 homes were respectively without power during the same period.

The situation was still critical at the start of the afternoon on the Hydro-Québec network.

Remember that at the height of the blackouts, more than 550,000 Quebec homes were plunged into darkness.