Hydro Ottawa hopes to have power back to all affected residents by 1 a.m.

Hydro Ottawa is working to restore power to 10,400 of its customers in the Kanata and Stittsville areas after a storm rolled through, bringing high winds.

The utility first reported the outage at 6:42 p.m., Saturday. It hopes to have power back to all of the affected residents by 1 a.m.

To our customers in Kanata North,West Carleton-March,Stittsville,Osgoode,Rideau-Goulbourn,Kanata South, we're aware of the power outage & crews are responding. Hang in there, we're working to restore ASAP. — Hydro Ottawa (@hydroottawa) June 29, 2019

Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the capital region just before 6 p.m., explaining the storm could pack winds of up to 100 km/hr and hail.