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Thousands Left in Dark After Powerful Thunderstorms Hit Ottawa
13 Aug
Summary
- Thousands of customers remain without power on Thursday morning.
- Powerful summer thunderstorms brought heavy rain and strong winds.
- July was Ottawa's rainiest month on record, with over 282mm of rainfall.
Thousands of customers across Ottawa and Gatineau are facing power outages on Thursday morning. These outages are the result of severe summer thunderstorms that swept through the region on Wednesday. One particularly strong storm lashed parts of the area with heavy rain and high winds during the evening.
As of 7 a.m. on Thursday, approximately 8,000 customers were still without electricity. The affected areas are mainly concentrated around Woodroffe Avenue and Merivale Road in Ottawa, and the Aylmer area in Gatineau. The storms delivered significant rainfall, with the Ottawa International Airport weather station recording 22 millimetres of rain after 10 p.m. Wednesday, alongside a wind gust of 107 km/h, the strongest recorded this year.
This recent severe weather follows a pattern of increased precipitation for the region. July was officially Ottawa's rainiest month on record, accumulating about 282 millimetres of rain. This total was largely influenced by a significant storm on July 1st, which has left some residents understandably anxious during subsequent heavy rainfall events.
