UPDATE ON POWER OUTAGES IN WATERLOO REGION
Posted Dec 22, 2013 06:48:51 AM.
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A few thousand power outages to report across the Region due to the ongoing ice storm.
Waterloo North Hydro are reporting 13-hundred customers without power this morning in the Woolwich area. 570 News has learned it is because a transformer line from Fergus is out between Fergus and Woolwich.
Kitchener Wilmot Hydro is reporting that 1600 customers are also currently in the dark. A couple hundred people are without power in Cambridge North Dumfries, emergency crews are also on scene.
Due to the significant ice storm this morning, the city of Waterloo is providing a few different sites where people can gather information to stay up to date on the situation. Residents can do their part by being prepared and having a 72 hour emergency kit on hand. For more information on safety kits, please visit the Public Safety Canada website at www.getprepared.gc.ca
Information on potential power outages can be found at Waterloo North Hydro’s website at wnhydro.com. Residents can also report outages by calling 519-886- 5090.
Waterloo Fire Rescue and the City of Waterloo’s emergency management team will continue to monitor the weather situation. For updated weather summaries, please visit the Environment Canada website, www.weatheroffice.gc.ca.
The city of Kitchener Staff are closely monitoring the weather and will be out around the clock focusing on high priority streets with salters.
Salters will address these high priority streets, only moving into back residential streets once mains are de-iced. Given the forecast, residential streets will not be addressed until the freezing rain ends Sunday afternoon.
