Severe Storms Knock Out Power To Thousands In Connecticut: These Locales Have Been Hit Hardest

The storms arrived on Thursday morning, May 23, bringing heavy downpours, strong winds, and even hail to the state. 

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As of around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Eversource reported just over 2,200 outages, while United Illuminating reported 176. 

South Norwalk Electric and Water also reported a little over a dozen outages.  

Towns with the most outages include:

• Danbury (627);
• Griswold (887);
• Sterling (140);
• Voluntown (296);
• Fairfield (148).

Once the storms leave the area, sunny weather is expected to return on Friday, May 24, with high temperatures in the low 80s. 

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