“There have been significant delays today due to the de-icing,” said François Asselin, a spokesperson for Aéroports de Montréal. Some passengers waited for up to 90 minutes in planes on the tarmac. “Our workers are paying close attention to the latest weather reports because they use different abrasives depending on the temperature and how cold it gets.”Īt Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, many flights were delayed or cancelled.
“We want the sidewalks and streets to be as safe as possible,” Goneau added. The crews were planning to work all day and night to minimize the impact of the slippery conditions on Monday morning commuters, city official François Goneau said.
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OKĪcross Montreal, blue-collar crews were out in full force, spraying abrasives on the streets and sidewalks.
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The Sûreté du Québec reported in the afternoon that there were several minor accidents as a result of road conditions in southern Quebec, but there were no highway closures. The Montérégie was the most slippery spot for drivers in the morning: about 50 cars slid off the road in the region, SQ spokesperson Geneviève Bruneau said. A section of Highway 40 in Kirkland was “partly ice covered,” although visibility was good, according to Transports Québec. Highway conditions were treacherous Sunday, with large slush puddles accumulating at the entrance to the Jacques-Cartier Bridge and other stretches of road. Roads are still expected to be icy Monday, even though the city of Montreal launched a snow-clearing blitz on Sunday. If you must travel, allow yourself plenty of extra time to dig out your car and to de-ice its windows. Its forecast called for more rain and drizzle Sunday night, with winds gusting up to 60 km/h and temperatures climbing to 3 C, before dropping to -10 C overnight. Rouy added that “it’s certainly possible” that some households will be without power Monday morning.Įnvironment Canada issued a severe weather bulletin, warning of the possibility of more power outages and urging motorists to “take extra care” when driving. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. With all the freezing rain, we’re going to have branches breaking and falling on the grid in the coming hours and through the night also.” “We have more than 160 crews on the ground restoring power as quickly as they can, but at this moment it’s not easy to say when all our clients will get their power back,” Hydro-Québec official Mathieu Rouy said on Sunday. Please try again Article contentįind out about delayed flights to and from Trudeau airport here.Īn ice storm that dumped more than 10 centimetres of heavy snow, followed by freezing rain, left much of the greater Montreal area paralyzed Sunday, causing widespread blackouts, toppling trees and turning sidewalks into sheets of ice and stretches of road into large ponds of slushy water. The next issue of Montreal Gazette Headline News will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.
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