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Hydro-Québec has put out a message on Twitter warning Quebecers of possible power outages in "several regions" due to high wind speeds forecast on Monday. 

As of 11:30 a.m., 24,902 were without electricity, though it's unclear how many of those are thanks to the wind.

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Bundle up! It's colder out there than McMurdo base... actually. Environment Canada lists the temperature in Montreal as -16 C at 10:00 a.m. while the Antarctic station was sitting in a balmy -5 C as of 9:40 a.m. Eastern Time, according to the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) website.

The wind chill difference is equally striking: it's -25 in Montreal and -10 at McMurdo as of the same times.

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