Thousands of people were still without power Friday morning in Greater Sudbury after a thunderstorm rolled through the area Thursday. The largest outages were being reported in the Whitefish, Lively and Walden areas but there were dozens of others all around Greater Sudbury. Greater Sudbury Hydro posted on social media that most of its customers have had power restored, but a few customers are still affected due to trees on hydro lines. Power restored to most customers in our service territory but a few still out due to trees on lines etc. — Sudbury Hydro (@SudburyHydro) April 28, 2017The utility said the outages were caused by a relatively brief but severe thunderstorm that hit Sudbury around 4:30 p.m. Thursday causing the supply from Hydro One to be interrupted.

Source: CBC News April 28, 2017 12:10 UTC