Snowstorm Killed 3 People, Cuts Power off Hundreds of Thousands of Homes in Canada

Two days after the passage of an ice storm that killed three people and caused severe material damage in eastern Canada, thousands of families are still deprived of electricity in the province of Quebec, especially in the city of Montreal.

The storm caused the worst power outages in Quebec in 25 years. About 400,000 homes were plunged into darkness on Friday evening, compared to 1.1 million at the height of the bad weather.

The public electricity company, Hydro Quebec, solved the problem by about 50 percent.

Quebec Prime Minister Francois Legault said in a press conference that the goal is to restore electricity at 95 percent until Saturday evening. He called on the residents of the region to "exercise patience and caution," stressing the need for cooperation between them.

For his part, Regis Teller, a spokesman for the electric company, confirmed that "for some customers, it (the outage) will continue until Sunday and possibly Monday."

This brings the death toll from this storm to three after two men were killed by falling trees in eastern Ontario and Quebec.