Hydro-Québec announced Tuesday it will send about 125 workers to Atlanta, Georgia, to help workers in the city restore electricity after Hurricane Irma.
"We are going to send 50 teams, so 50 trucks representing about 125 workers," said Serge Abergel, Head of Public Affairs and Media Relations at Hydro-Québec, in an interview with Agence QMI.
These workers, who will leave Wednesday morning, are expected to spend about ten days in the Atlanta area, where 714,000 people remained without electricity on Tuesday afternoon.
Hydro-Québec workers had been ready since Sunday to visit the United States to help their colleagues restore power. However, the State Corporation had still not received a request before that of Georgia, which returned at around 1 pm on Tuesday.
《 More than 200 Ontario workers 》
In addition, nearly 30 Toronto Hydro employees took to the streets on Tuesday morning to help their colleagues in the Tampa Bay area restore power to the city after Hurricane Irma .
In a statement, the company said it offered its help to the Florida electricity companies as early as Sunday. Tampa Electric accepted this offer Monday afternoon.
A total of 15 trucks and 28 workers left Toronto at around 9:30 am and are expected to have a two-day drive before reaching Tampa Bay.
About 4.4 million Floridians remained without electricity in the middle of the afternoon on Tuesday, according to Florida Power & Light Co.
On Monday, Hydro One announced the dispatch of 175 employees to Florida to participate in repair efforts.