Hydro crews continue restoring power to customers in the Nation Valley this morning

Above, Police are on scene at the Hwy. 43 and 31 intersection to direct traffic as the traffic lights are out. Courtesy photo

January 16, 2019

Update: Estimated restoration time has now been pushed back to 1 p.m.

NATION VALLEY — A swath of Eastern Ontario Hydro One and Rideau St.Lawrence Utility customers lost power around 4 a.m. this morning. Some were only out a mere 2 hours where 5,000-plus customers are still without power.

Hydro crews continue to work to restore power.

Power has blinked out in Chesterville a number of times but stayed on.

According to the Hydro One Power Outage map nearly 5,000 customers remain without power. Estimated restoration time is around 11 a.m.

Above, Screenshot of the affected areas that remain without power this morning. Screenshot captured from https://www.hydroone.com/StormCenter3/

 

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