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Isaias New Power Outage Update: These Fairfield County Communities Are Most Affected Isaias New Power Outage Update: These Fairfield County Communities Are Most Affected
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…

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Isaias: Power Outages Worse Than Superstorm Sandy, Restoration Will Take Days, Eversource Says Isaias: Power Outages Worse Than Superstorm Sandy, Restoration Will Take Days, Eversource Says
Isaias: Power Outages Worse Than Superstorm Sandy, Restoration Will Take Days, Eversource Says It could be days or even a week before the lights are back on for some Connecticut residents after Isaias pounded the region in a storm that has been described as being more devastating in some ways than Superstorm Sandy. Since the storm hit on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 4, Eversource has been working to respond to nearly 700,000 reported power outages across the state, with hundreds of thousands of their customers remaining without power as of Wednesday, Aug. 5. Eversource Vice President of Electric Operations in Connecticut Michael Hayhurst said that most of the damage to the utility co…

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Eversource Cites 'Steady Progress' In Restoring Power To Hardest Hit Areas Eversource Cites 'Steady Progress' In Restoring Power To Hardest Hit Areas
Eversource Cites 'Steady Progress' In Restoring Power To Hardest Hit Areas Eversource’s “army of crews” is making “steady progress” as they continue to restore power to customers in areas of Northern Fairfield County nearly a week after a storm rocked the region. The storm that struck on Tuesday, May 15, uprooting trees and downing utility poles has left thousands without power in Connecticut, as 6,238 outages were still being reported on Monday. In Brookfield, 2,061 Eversource customers remain without power, as well as 1,536 in New Fairfield and 461 in Danbury.  Power has been restored to all public schools in Brookfield, but the schools will remain closed until…

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by Zak Failla