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Isaias Outage Update: 1,200-Plus Crews Now At Work; Latest Rundown Of Most-Affected Towns
About 320,000 customers in Connecticut remain without power as of Saturday morning, Aug. 8 - four days after Tropical Isaias swept through the region.
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Of those outages, about 291,000 are in the Eversource service area.
Nearly 1,200 crews – including mutual aid from out-of-state – were continuing to repair the widespread damage to the electric system on Friday, Aug. 7, an increase of approximately 500 crews from Thursday, Aug. 6, Eversource said.
Despite calling in outside contractors, many from out o…
Isaias New Power Outage Update: These Fairfield County Communities Are Most Affected
More than 40 percent of Eversource’s 1,281,259 Connecticut customers remain in the dark days after Tropical Storm Isaias swiftly swept through the East Coast.
Two days after the storm tore through the region, bringing down trees and power lines, 533,439 in Connecticut remain without power as of midday Thursday, Aug. 6 as Eversource crews work around the clock to make repairs.
In Fairfield County, outages were still being reported in:
Danbury: 15,566;
Norwalk: 12,497;
Westport: 12,258;
Greenwich: 8,732;
Ridgefield: 7,830;
Newtown: 7,358;
Stamford: 6,823;
Monroe: 6,650;
New Canaan: 5,965;
B…
Fairfield County Isaias Update: Here's How Many Are Now Without Power, Towns Most Affected
Nearly half of Eversource’s Connecticut customers remain without power a day after Tropical Storm Isaias ripped through the region, toppling trees and power lines.
As of 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 618,418 of Eversource’s 1,281,259 Connecticut customers were still in the dark as the company works around the clock to make repairs following the storm.
In Fairfield County, outages were still being reported in:
Danbury: 16,104;
Norwalk: 14,606;
Westport: 12,215;
Greenwich: 9,675;
Stamford: 9,046;
Newtown: 9,037;
Ridgefield: 8,501;
New Canaan: 7,703;
Brookfield: 5,833;
Wilton: 5,453;
Mon…
Tow Truck Driver Killed In Merritt Parkway Crash
A tow truck driver from an area company that has served Fairfield County for years, was hit and killed in a freak crash on the Merritt Parkway.
Corey John Iodice, 58, Seffner, Florida, was killed around 4:45 p.m., Wednesday, April 22, on the Parkway in the Trumbull area near Exit 47, said the Connecticut State Police.
According to police, the crash took place when Iodice, who was driving an Iodice Family Transport tow truck out of Fairfield, was attempting to load the disabled vehicle of a 25-year-old Bridgeport man.
While loading, a friend arrived to pick up the stranded man and was parke…
Here's How Many Are Still Without Power After Damaging Storm Slams Fairfield County
Many Fairfield County residents are still without power a day after thunderstorms rocked the region, taking down trees and power lines.
As of 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14, Eversource was still working to restore power to 9,090 of its 1,279,556 Connecticut customers, while United Illuminating was reporting just six outages, with just one in Fairfield County.
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In Fairfield County, outages were still being reported in:
Redding: (283);
Newtown: (197);
Greenwich: (149);
Stamford: (74);
Da…
