More than 700 Canadian lineworkers, including more than 300 from Atlantic Canada, are restoring power in North and South Carolina in the wake of a major tropical storm.
Restoration work is expected to take at least 2 weeks
CBC News
· Posted: Sep 29, 2024 4:36 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago
A passerby inspects the collapsed portion of a bridge after flood waters destroyed it during Tropical Storm Helene, in Boone, N.C., on Friday. (Jonathan Drake/Reuters)
More than 700 Canadian lineworkers, including about 300 from Atlantic Canada, have been deployed to assist in restoring power in North and South Carolina in the wake of a major tropical storm.
Jim Salmon, vice-president of Holland Power Services, a power-restoration company with Canadian offices in Maugerville, N.B., said crews from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are taking part in the efforts after Helene, a powerful hurricane that quickly transitioned to a tropical storm, left a trail of destruction in the area.
Salmon said the crews were in place ahead of the storm.
Jim Salmon is vice-president at Holland Power Services, a company that specializes in power restoration. (Holland Power Services)
“When the storm first hit Day 1, they basically were hunkering down at that point because, with the significant flooding and flash flooding, the utilities weren’t ready at that point to really get us out and restore power,” he said.
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