Thousands remain without power; ice melting, branches falling

— Sharon Harrison photos —

UPDATE MARCH 31 – More than 1,800 County residents are without power Monday morning. There are scattered outages across the County, and major outages are reported in Bloomfield, Hallowell and Cherry Valley, and the Fenwood Gardens area into Massassauga Point.

Hydro One states crews have restored power to more than 358,000 customers across the province since the start of the storm and anticipates it will take several days to restore all customers.

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MARCH 30: Thousands of County and area residents woke up without power Sunday morning as the weekend’s ice storm moves east. Others have power, but are experiencing internet outages, and downed social media and weather sites.

As the temperature rises above zero, reports continue of both branches and ice falling.

Hydro One reports more than 200,000 power outages across the province and restoration efforts continue. In most cases, it reports, the accumulation of ice on tree branches caused them to break, and brought power lines down with them.

There are no alerts in effect as of Sunday afternoon. The forecast is for 5C with periods of rain. Monday’s forecast is 14C with rain.
The sun is expected to come out Tuesday, but it’s colder again, forecast at 3C.