D One of the worst ice storms in North America occurred in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec in Canada in 1998. The storm lasted for five days and caused 25 deaths. It left more than one million people without electricity in the coldest month of the year. It brought down millions of trees and 120,000 kilometers of power lines E Strangely, although ice storms are very dangerous they are also beautiful. There is nothing quite like waking up on the morning after an ice storm. The sun is shining brightly, and the world looks like it is made of glass.