TorontoHydro One says the number of customers without power has dropped to 69,000 as the utility makes progress on the prolonged ice storm outages.Over 1 million homes and businesses experienced outages since last weekendThe Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 06, 2025 4:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours agoA man uses a chainsaw to cut down ice covered trees branches are shown in Meaford, Ontario on Sunday, March 30, 2025, after a weekend ice storm. (Becky Holvik/The Canadian Press)Hydro One says the number of customers without power has dropped to 69,000 as the utility makes progress on the prolonged ice storm outages.Sunday’s total is down by about 33,000 from Saturday.The provincial utility says weather is favourable and its helicopters and drones are back in the air to help survey the damage.The utility says crews replaced 50 poles and rebuilt a section of the power system in the Minden area Saturday, in one sign of the severe damage facing parts of the grid.Over a million Ontario homes and businesses experienced outages since the last weekend’s ice storm and subsequent days of high winds and heavy rain.A regional breakdown issued by Hydro One suggests the area in and around Kawartha Lakes has the most customers still without power at about 20,000.
Less than 70,000 customers remain without power after Ontario ice storms: Hydro One
