The power outage in Montreal's Saint-Michel neighbourhood has now gone well over the 72-hour mark, but Hydro-Québec says it has been able to restore power to some customers through mobile generators it deployed to the affected area.

As of late Monday night, Hydro-Québec said the outage affected about 1,200 homes in Saint-Michel, in an area near Pie-IX Boulevard between 44th Street and 54th Street.

By Monday night, about a quarter of the affected customers had power back thanks to the generators. …