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High winds have knocked out electricity to thousands of homes in New Brunswick.
About 12-thousand customers, mainly in the Fredericton area, were blacked out Saturday night and N.B. Power says the electricity may not be back on until later today(Sunday).
Winds gusts up to 80 kilometres an hour brought down hydro poles, trees and branches, snapping power lines.
-justin-
NEW BRUNSWICK STORM LEAVES THOUSANDS IN DARK
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TORONTO (CP) -- More than 20,000 Hydro One customers north and east of Toronto reached for flashlights and extra blankets Saturday night as the utility struggled to restore power knocked out by a large wind and snowstorm Friday.
Hydro One hopes that everyone will have the lights back on by nightfall Sunday, said spokeswoman Carrie-Lynn Ognibene.
"(The crews worked) 16 hours today and whatever they need to tomorrow to get these people back on."
The hardest-hit areas are in Ontario's cottage country, with major outages in Cobden, Bancroft, Bracebridge and Barrie.
Hydro said late Saturday evening that the storm originally knocked out power to more than 80-thousand customers.
While crews managed to restore power Saturday to the majority of people left in the dark by the storm, Ognibene said efforts were hampered by the weather.
"We've had a frustrating day where power has been restored only to be knocked out again," said Ognibene. "In the Huntsville area, there's been a tough time with the weather."
As snow continued to blanket much of southwestern Ontario, 6,000 customers were still without power in Huntsville, a 200 kilometres north of Toronto.
"Wet snow and wind are never a good combination, especially when you're in cottage country," said Ognibene.
Ognibene said that as soon as crews restored power to an area, they were packing up their trucks and moving on to the next block of power-starved customers.
On Sunday, the power company plans to call in helicopters and customer-service employees to help look for downed power lines and other causes of service interruptions.
-justin-
Hydro One hopes that everyone will have the lights back on by nightfall Sunday, said spokeswoman Carrie-Lynn Ognibene.
"(The crews worked) 16 hours today and whatever they need to tomorrow to get these people back on."
The hardest-hit areas are in Ontario's cottage country, with major outages in Cobden, Bancroft, Bracebridge and Barrie.
Hydro said late Saturday evening that the storm originally knocked out power to more than 80-thousand customers.
While crews managed to restore power Saturday to the majority of people left in the dark by the storm, Ognibene said efforts were hampered by the weather.
"We've had a frustrating day where power has been restored only to be knocked out again," said Ognibene. "In the Huntsville area, there's been a tough time with the weather."
As snow continued to blanket much of southwestern Ontario, 6,000 customers were still without power in Huntsville, a 200 kilometres north of Toronto.
"Wet snow and wind are never a good combination, especially when you're in cottage country," said Ognibene.
Ognibene said that as soon as crews restored power to an area, they were packing up their trucks and moving on to the next block of power-starved customers.
On Sunday, the power company plans to call in helicopters and customer-service employees to help look for downed power lines and other causes of service interruptions.
-justin-
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