Damages from May derecho in Ontario, Quebec now top $1 billion
“Cats” is short for catastrophic events. Douglas said it’s not unheard of for disaster recovery crews to go from one event to the next. After a major flood hit Calgary in late June 2013, the industry mobilized to head to Alberta only to be called back a month later, when downtown Toronto was underwater.“This is something we got to get our heads around for sure,” he said.
At least 11 people were killed, mostly from falling trees as the storm caught many by surprise in the middle of a beautiful Saturday afternoon on the May long weekend.Oakville teacher controversy: Ontario College of Teachers asked to review professional standards The utility has estimated it spent about $30 million to repair the grid, but a spokesman said there are still “vulnerabilities” in the system. The utility said it had more than 1,000 unique power outages and had to replace 400 hydro poles.
The City of Ottawa says its storm bill is around $20 million, including damage to municipal buildings, replacing 175 traffic lights and 650 traffic signs. As of September, crews removed 450 uprooted stumps from city property but had more than 2000 more left to go. Dave Barton, the mayor of Uxbridge, Ont., said his municipality is still adding up the cost. Along with Ottawa, Uxbridge, a township of about 21,000 people about 70 kilometres northeast of Toronto, took the brunt of the damage from the derecho.
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