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Take a look at what Wednesday's April ice storm did to the region

Tens of thousands of customers in Ottawa-Gatineau region are without power Thursday as city crews grapple with the cleanup after the region was hit with ice pellets, freezing rain and significant rainfall Wednesday.

City received around 600 calls about downed trees by 9 p.m. Wednesday

A locked-up bicycle coated with ice and icicles.
Icicles cover a bicycle locked to a signpost after a storm brought freezing rain across Ottawa on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

Tens of thousands of customers in Ottawa-Gatineau region are without power Thursday as city crews grapple with the cleanup after the region was hit with ice pellets, freezing rain and significant rainfall Wednesday.

Hydro crews are working to restore power in the Outaouais, where 125,000 customers were without power Thursday morning, and Hydro Ottawa crews worked to bring about 65,000 customers back online.

Many schools across the region are also affected by the power outages, resulting in many closures.

A tree limb.
One of hundreds of trees downed or broken during the ice storm. (Francis Ferland/CBC)
A tree across a street in downtown Ottawa.
An ice storm in Ottawa brought down hundreds of trees across the city, including this one at Bay and Nepean streets. (David Thurton/CBC)
A man walks along a path under ice-encrusted trees.
Ice from freezing rain clings to the branches of trees as a pedestrian walks along the Rideau Canal Pathway in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
A tree across a road in Ottawa.
A tree blocks the intersection of Cole and Avondale avenues in Ottawa. (Jen Beard/CBC)

A look at the damage caused by Wednesday's ice storm

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An ice storm that brought a mix of ice pellets, freezing rain, thunderstorms and significant rainfall to Ottawa Wednesday downed trees, limbs and brush around the city. (Photo: David Thurton/CBC)
Icicles hanging from a ceiling and string lights.
Ice hangs from the light bulbs and wooden beams of a restaurant's outdoor patio as freezing rain falls in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
A sign that says cash only hangs on a drive-thru sign covered in ice.
A power outage due to the ice storm forced a Tim Hortons in Cantley to only accept cash. (Radio-Canada)
An ice-covered tree with several branches on a snow-covered lawn and a truck on a residential street.
Crews work to clean up a tree that fell during an ice storm on rue Saint-Dominique in Gatineau, Que., on April 5, 2023. (Patrick Foucault/Radio-Canada)
Crews clear away branches covered in ice from in front of a home.
Crews clean up after a tree fell on Rue Saint-Dominique in Gatineau, Que., after being coated with freezing rain on April 5, 2023. (Patrick Foucault/Radio-Canada)
Ice covers a dead sunflower on a residential street.
Ice clings to a dead sunflower during freezing rain in Gatineau, Que., on April 5, 2023. (Patrick Foucault/Radio-Canada)
A man with an umbrella walks down the middle of a road between two trees that have fallen on the road.
A pedestrian walks between tree branches that have been cleared from the road after they snapped due to freezing rain in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)