From late Sunday, January 4 to Saturday, January 10, 1998, freezing rain lashed eastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec before heading into Canada’s Atlantic provinces. In Ontario, the storm dumped 85 millimeters of freezing rain on Ottawa, 73 millimeters on Kingston and 108 millimeters on Cornwall. In Quebec, 100 millimeters ravaged Montreal and parts of the province’s south shore. By January 18, 25 Canadians were dead.
