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Power has been restored to most homes in the Ottawa Valley.
Some residents in the Pembroke and Petawawa area were without power for roughly nine hours.
Upwards of 30,000 homes in Renfrew County and over 300,000 across Ontario were without power due to storms.
Crews worked throughout the day to restore power to area residents.
Hydro One says additional resources have been called in to assist with restoration efforts and they expect it will take several days to restore power to all customers due to the significant damage.
One person in Renfrew County was killed during the storms Saturday (May 21st, 2022).
The OPP says just before 3:30pm, officers responded to a cottage on Calabogie Road in Greater Madawaska for reports that someone had been struck by a falling tree.
A 44-year-old was transported to the hospital and pronounced dead.
The investigation continues.
(written by: Rudy Kadlec)
We’re responding to outages caused by severe thunderstorms moving across southwestern Ontario as quickly and safely as possible. Visit our map for updates or to report an outage: https://t.co/hmWGJ5o0vS #ONstorm pic.twitter.com/DidTqHfSJG
— Hydro One (@HydroOne) May 21, 2022
Substantial damage to our transmission system in the #Ottawa area has also affected other electricity providers such as @hydroottawa and Hydro Hawkesbury #ONstorm pic.twitter.com/eGlPdPfL92
— Hydro One (@HydroOne) May 21, 2022