Hydro Ottawa crew leaves for U.S. to assist with post-hurricane repairs

A Hydro Ottawa crew is en route to North Carolina so they can be in position to help restore power after Hurricane Florence batters the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.
Fourteen workers from Ottawa have answered a request for assistance from Duke Energy, a U.S. utility company.
Extensive power outages are anticipated once Florence, a Category 3 hurricane, comes ashore. Florence was expected to pack winds of up to 185 kilometres an hour and to dump heavy rain for an extended period over Nor