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Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines In Fairfield County
Thousands are without power in Fairfield County as storms rolled through the region, bringing whipping winds of more than 70 mph that toppled tree limbs and downed power lines.
As of just before 1:30 p.m. on Monday, April 13, 29,787 of Eversource’s 1,279,556 customers were without power, while the United Illuminating Company was reporting 27 outages impacting 783 of its 337,094 Connecticut customers.
In Fairfield County, the most outages were reported in:
Norwalk (1,248);
Newtown (1,126);
Danbury (590);
Stamford (448);
Stratford (420);
Earlier story - High Wind Warning: Damaging Gusts Up…
Number Of Power Outages In Fairfield County Surges In Afternoon
With winds whipping between 20 and 30 mph and gusts approaching 65 mph in the area, thousands more are now without power as utility crews scramble to restore service to the region.
More than 20,000 Connecticut residents were reporting power outages just before 3:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon, up from approximately 7,000 in the morning.
On Monday afternoon, Feb. 25, 19,472 of Eversource's 1,273,665 Connecticut customers were reporting outages, as weather conditions led to downed power lines and utility poles in the area. An additional 2,400 customers of the United Illuminating Company we…
Strong Winds Knock Out Power To Thousands In Fairfield County
About seven thousand customers in the area are without power as wild winds continue whipping through the region.
By late Monday morning, 4,642 of Eversource’s 1,273,665 customers in Connecticut were reporting power outages as of 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 25, as weather conditions downed power lines and utility poles in the area. An additional 2,477 customers of the United Illuminating Company were also reporting outages.
In Fairfield County, Fairfield was hit the hardest, with 2,437 United Illuminating Company customers reporting outages, followed by Bridgeport. Eversource reported that Ridge…
Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands In Fairfield County
Thousands in Fairfield County have been left in the dark Thursday morning as thunderstorms rolled through the area.
More than 3,000 United Illuminating Company customers and 1,500 Eversource customers remained without power as of 9 a.m., with some Fairfield County municipalities taking the brunt of the storm.
In total, nearly 6,000 Connecticut residents reported outages overnight.
Bridgeport was hit the hardest, with 2,406 local residents reporting outages, as well as Westport (213 outages), Norwalk (101), Fairfield (42) and New Canaan (17). Greenwich, Ridgefield, Sherman, Shelton and Stra…
