Canada

Looking back on the 1998 ice storm, 25 years later

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  • Duration 1:20

This week, 25 years ago, one of Canada’s worst natural disasters brought freezing rain and ice pellets to eastern Ontario and southern Quebec. Ice piled up on trees and power lines, snapping branches, severing hydro mains and leaving many people without power for days.