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Here's How Many Are Still Without Power Two Days After Rain, Wind Storm
More than 1,000 Connecticut residents are still without power two days after a series of storms ripped through the region, flooding the area, downing trees and power lines.
As of just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 15, about 48 hours after the storms began, Eversource was still working to repair outages that continue to impact 1,035 of its 1,279,556 customers. United Illuminating was also still working on one outage in Woodbridge that was affecting three customers.
Multiple outages were still being reported in:
Ashford,
Barkhamsted,
Bethel,
Brookfield,
Colchester,
Columbia,
Dari…
New Fairfield Public Schools To Reopen On Wednesday
With crews continuing to work around the clock to clean up from last week’s storm that uprooted trees and downed utility lines, schools in New Fairfield are set to reopen on Wednesday after being forced to shutter its doors for five days.
As of 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22, more than a week after the storm struck, 1,244 of Eversource’s 1,270,056 customers remained without power, including 410 in New Fairfield.
Alicia Roy, the New Fairfield Superintendent of Schools said that due to classes being canceled for five days, schools will be forced to be open until the last week of June to meet th…
