High winds Tuesday morning following an overnight snowstorm have knocked out power for some 11,000 Hydro Ottawa customers across the city.
Winds at the airport registered at 45 km/h with gusts as high as 65 km/h. The wind was expected to slowly taper off through the day, with gusts only expected to reach 50 km/h in the afternoon and 40 km/h overnight.
“Strong westerly winds are expected to slowly diminish later this morning,” Environment Canada said in a special weather statement issues Tuesday morning.
“In addition, lake effect flurries off Lake Huron and Georgian Bay are expected to extend well inland at times and may give brief periods of poor visibility due to heavier snow and blowing snow. Snowfall accumulations are not expected to be significant,” the weather agency said.
Power crews were out trying to restore power to affected customers.
“Crews are responding to multiple outages across the city as safely and quickly as possible, as high winds move through the area,” Hydro Ottawa said on its website.
The Queensway Carleton Hospital was within one west-end outage zone, and some patients were having their appointments changed due to outages.
⚠️ OUTAGE ALERT: We are aware of multiple outages across the city impacting over 11,000 customers as high winds move through the area.
No power? You can report it online, via our mobile app, by texting “OUT” to (797688), or by calling our outage line at 613-738-0188.
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— Hydro Ottawa (@hydroottawa) March 17, 2026
