TORONTO, May 23 (Reuters) – The death toll from powerful storms that battered Canada’s two most populous provinces over the weekend has left at least eight people dead, authorities said on Sunday, as rescue teams continued to work. working to repair the damage and restore electricity for half a million people.
These thundery showers, which lasted more than two hours on Saturday afternoon, wreaked havoc in parts of Ontario and Quebec, with wind gusts of up to 132 km / h.
The deaths were mostly caused by falling trees, authorities said. (Report Denny Thomas; French version Jean Terzian)