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Many Still Without Power After Strong Storms Rip Through Fairfield County
Hundreds in Connecticut are still without power following a spate of strong thunderstorms that struck the area.
As of 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 375 of Eversource’s customers were still without power, while 424 of United Illuminating customers were reporting outages.
On Monday, more than 5,000 outages were reported throughout Connecticut.
In Fairfield County, outages were still reported in Brookfield, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, Newtown, Norwalk, Ridgefield, Shelton, Straton, Weston, and Westport.
Gusty winds, rain, thunder and lightning rocked the region during the storm, includin…
These Are Most Wikipedia'd People In Fairfield County, Rest Of CT
The most Wikipedia'ed people in Fairfield County and all of Connecticut include famous authors and actors, a wrestler and president.
A United States map on visual storytelling website The Pudding illustrates the famous people by replacing place names with their names, either people born in or who lived in the place, or are connected to it.
The most Wikipedia'ed people in Fairfield County:
Mark Twain, Redding, Writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.
Chloë Sevigny, Darien: Actress, director, model, and fashion designer.
Jonathan Brandis, Danbury: (April 13, 1976 – November…
Power Outage Update: Latest Numbers From Fairfield County After Sunday's Devastating Storms
Hundreds remain without power in Fairfield County after severe storms tore through the region.
As for 9 a.m. on Monday, July 1, 1,387 of Eversource’s 1,274,935 customers in Connecticut remained in the dark, while 190 of United Illuminating’s 334,788 customers were still without power, due to 25 reported outages.
Norwalk was hit the hardest, with 514 customers still reporting outages on Monday morning. Other communities hit in the area include Westport (399 outages); New Canaan (130); Stamford (110) Weston (39); Darien (27); Wilton (16); Ridgefield, Redding, and New Fairfield.
On Sunday, Ju…
Storms Knock Out Power To Thousands In Fairfield County
This story has been updated.
Thousands of residents in Fairfield County are without power after a quick moving round of isolated thunderstorms swept through the area, bringing down trees and tree limbs on Sunday afternoon, June 30.
In addition, a stretch of southbound I-95 is closed in Darien due to a downed tree.
Norwalk has the most customers without power with 1,898 just before 4 p.m., followed by Westport with 1,262 and Stamford at 1,099.
Darien is reporting a total of 1,014 outages, Ridgefield 262, Weston 210, New Canaan 166, Bethel 104, Fairfield 19 and Greenwic…
