Power restored to majority of 14K homes affected by outages in Chatham-Kent after severe storm
Power has been restored to the majority of the 14,000 people in Chatham-Kent who went without after a severe storm caused extensive damage with downed trees and power lines.
According to Entegrus, which distributes electricity throughout the region, nearly 11,000 people were without power in Chatham as of 2:40 p.m. — along with more than 3,000 in Wallaceburg, Merlin, St. Thomas, Strathroy and Bothwell.
As of 7:24 p.m., the majority of affected residents had their power restored. However, there are a few isolated areas that crews are working on, the company added.
"Please remember to stay back at least 33 feet (10 metres) from a downed powerline and report it immediately," a Tweet from Entegrus reads.
A thunderstorm warning that was issued for Windsor-Essex around 12:30 p.m. was called down about an hour and a half later. A second thunderstorm warning, in effect for Chatham-Kent, was issued around 2 p.m before ending 20 minutes later.
Enwin had reported outages to some homes in Windsor’s Sandwich, Walkerville and Riverside neighbourhoods. But as of 2:45 p.m., Enwin's Outage Map shows power has been restored to most of the affected areas.
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