Post by sky on Dec 26, 2013 19:33:13 GMT 12
This includes Canada, the U.S.A. and the U.K.
The worst affected state was Michigan, with about 180,000 homes and businesses still without power.
In Toronto, Ontario, some 72,000 people were still waiting to be connected to the grid.
Much of southern Ontario and southern Quebec experienced temperatures between -15 and -20, with the mercury expected to drop further through the night.
In Maine, more than 70,000 customers remained without electricity, and another 2,300 people in Vermont and New York state were in the same boat.
With temperatures far below freezing, ice on power lines was refusing to budge after the severe weekend weather.
“Tens of thousands are without electricity in the UK too,” says reader Ian in the UK. “And we are expecting a second powerful storm by the weekend to heap more misery on the British people.”
usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/25/22045934-swathes-of-icy-midwest-northeast-without-power-on-christmas-morning?lite
www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/12/25/ice_storm_thousands_in_toronto_still_without_power.html
www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/12/24/ice-storm-2013-power-outage_n_4497332.html