28 years later, see the ice storm as it was reported in 1998
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28 years later, see the ice storm as it was reported in 1998

A large branch sits on top of a car covered in ice

In one of the most important meteorological events in the province’s history, successive bouts of freezing rain left thick layers of ice over everything in southern Quebec during a week-long span in January 1998, knocking out power for millions of people.

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