Canada: 4 dead, massive blackouts as storms hit eastern provinces

In Canada, Four people are dead and nearly 900,000 homes without power after severe storms pummeled the eastern provinces of Ontario and Quebec, authorities said Saturday. Ontario police said on Twitter that three people had died and several more were injured due to a strong summer thunderstorm. One man was killed when a tree fell on the trailer he was staying in. A woman in her seventies was also crushed by a tree while walking in the storm.In the federal capital Ottawa, another person was killed by the storm, but local police declined to give further details.

Ottawa Police and emergency responders have been called to multiple fallen trees, fallen power lines and other storm damage through the Ottawa area as a result of the thunderstorm this afternoon. Some reports of injured people. Crews are assessing. #ONStorm #ottnews #ottawa

— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) May 21, 2022

The fourth victim was a woman in her fifties. She drowned when her boat capsized in the Ottawa River, which separates Ottawa and Quebec, during the storm, the CBC reported, citing local police.