Statistics
Some general statistics on the 1998 ice storm:
- 30 deaths linked directly to the ice storm
- 34 days without power in some places
- 100 mm of freezing rain in some regions
- 200 cities and municipalities declared disaster areas
- 454 shelters opened in Quebec
- 100,000 people housed in shelters
- 611,947 insurance claims, for a total amount of over $900 million
- 2,249,750 residents without electricity, with numbers reaching a peak on January 11,1998
- $5.4 billion in total damage.