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Most power outages were in the Laurentians north of Montreal, and the Montérégie and Outaouais regions. 

Environment Canada had warned on Tuesday of thunderstorms moving eastward across Quebec, and of large hail, heavy rain and strong wind gusts.

In Montreal, a teenager was seriously injured after becoming stuck under a tree that fell in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, and a storm knocked out power to Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital for part of the evening.

Transport officials closed Highway 19 in Montreal’s northern suburb of Laval in both directions Wednesday morning to repair damage to a piece of infrastructure that had caught fire the night before.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 30, 2025.