Lightning took out three hydro poles in Springwater early Wednesday morning.
Winds anticipated to gust as much as 90 km/h, and heavy rain, thunder, and lightning lit up the daybreak because the storm raced throughout Central Ontario.
Through the peak of the storm in Springwater, shortly earlier than 7 a.m., visitors lights have been darkish, and three hydro poles on Crossland Highway south of Freeway 92 have been destroyed.
"The poles have been broken as a result of lightning within the space," mentioned Hydro One spokesperson Alicia Sayers.
Initially, 154 clients have been with out energy, she mentioned.
"Crews are nonetheless on-site, and the facility has been restored to nearly all of clients,” Sayers mentioned shortly earlier than 9 a.m.
About 35 residents and companies are anticipated to be with out energy till roughly 2 p.m., when the restore needs to be accomplished.
Three new hydro poles will change the trio destroyed within the storm as quickly as doable, she mentioned.
“We encourage clients to go to our Hydro One web site and look underneath outages for extra data,” she mentioned, including the web page is refreshed each 10 minutes to maintain folks up to date.
Throughout the area, 17 residents have been with out energy in Stayner, and an extra dozen have been affected in Collingwood.
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