Just over 5,000 customers still do not have electricity a week after the start of the storm that hit Quebec hard.

Friday morning, 5092 residences were still plunged into darkness, according to the latest update from Hydro-Québec. The Outaouais is now the most affected region with 1703 households without power, followed closely by the Capitale-Nationale with 1061 failures. The Laurentians still count 922 customers in the dark. The North Shore still has 417 families without power, Estrie, 375, Mauricie, 351, and Bas-Saint-Laurent, 211. On Thursday, about 1,300 Hydro employees -Quebec were mobilized to try to restore power across the province. Already around 97% of all affected homes had regained power by Thursday evening, the state-owned company said on its website. under the weight of broken tree branches. In addition, accessibility to the network is very difficult. The repairs, which are sometimes very long, only restore service to a small number of customers at a time”, we can read. fell on the ground and to call 911 instead to make the scene safer. for the outside (barbecue). The risk of asphyxiation and intoxication is significant,” insisted the company.