{"id":48401,"date":"2022-05-22T13:22:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T13:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=48401"},"modified":"2022-05-22T13:22:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T13:22:35","slug":"four-killed-during-powerful-storms-in-eastern-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=48401","title":{"rendered":"Four killed during powerful storms in eastern Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nearly 900,000 homes in Ontario and Quebec provinces were without power as wind-blown trees killed several Canadians.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Published On 22 May 2022<\/span>22 May 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Four people are dead and nearly 900,000 homes are without power after severe storms pummeled the eastern Canadian<\/a> provinces of Ontario and Quebec.<\/p>\n

Ontario police said three people died and several more were injured because of the strong thunderstorm. Images posted on social media from across the province showed debris-strewn streets and toppled trees that damaged homes and cars.<\/p>\n

One man was killed when a tree fell on the trailer he was staying in on Saturday. Meanwhile, according to Peel Regional Police, a woman in her 70s was killed after being struck by a tree in the city of Brampton.<\/p>\n

\u201cWoman was transported to local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries,\u201d the organisation posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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Trees being knocked down and cars being pushed over #ONstorm<\/a> #ottnews<\/a> @weathernetwork<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/zCP0ljHNhL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Adam Safaoui (@adam_safaoui) May 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The storm was severe enough for Environment Canada to issue broadcast-intrusive emergency alerts that went out to television and radio stations and mobile phones.<\/p>\n

In the federal capital Ottawa, another person was killed by the storm, but local police declined to give further details.<\/p>\n

The fourth victim was a woman in her 50s. She drowned when her boat capsized in the Ottawa River, which separates Ottawa and Quebec, during the storm, national broadcaster CBC reported citing local police.<\/p>\n

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said staff were \u201cassessing the damage and threats on the ground\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a full complement of city and hydro crews out clearing roads and restoring power. This was a massive storm and we ask for your patience,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n

\u2018Destructive storm\u2019<\/h2>\n

In the city of Kitchener, Ontario, wind gusts of up to 132 km\/h<\/a> were recorded, according to Environment Canada, while in Toronto and Ottawa wind gusts of up to 120km\/h were observed.<\/p>\n

Nearly 900,000 homes in the two provinces were without power Saturday night, according to online counts from local providers Hydro One and Hydro-Quebec.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe anticipate it will take several days to restore power after today\u2019s destructive storm,\u201d Hydro One said.<\/p>\n

Environment Canada meteorologist Daniel Liota said while wind gusts of such speeds are not so rare in isolated microbursts, the storm was unusual in that it covered such a large geographic area.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a big deal. It\u2019s your upper echelon of thunderstorms,\u201d the Canadian Press quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n