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Storm Knocks Out Power In Fairfield County
A powerful, fast-moving storm with damaging wind gusts has knocked out power to thousands in Connecticut.
At around 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, Eversource is reporting close to 3,000 outages.
The most affected areas are Guilford in New Haven County (496 outages), Stonington in New London County (387), Stamford in Fairfield County (205), Essex in Middlesex County (194), Washington in Litchfield County (164), and Madison in New Haven County (144).
United Illuminating is reporting 360 customers without service in its footprint, with 224 in Milford, 74 in the Town of Fairfield and 53 in New Haven…
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Storm With Gusty Winds Leads To Power Outages In Fairfield County
Thousands in Connecticut have lost power as a storm with gusty winds rolled through the region, bringing down tree branches and power lines.
As of 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, Eversource was reporting that 10,170 of the company’s 1,287,329 customers were without power, representing less than 1 percent.
United Illuminating was also reporting five active outages, impacting 19 customers.
“Winds are picking up across the state. We’re beginning to see some damage to the electric system caused by trees toppling over, like here on Village Drive in Ledyard (above),” Eversource posted on social m…
Thousands Without Power In CT; Areas Hardest Hit Are Where Tornado Warning Was In Effect
A storm system that swept through the area overnight has knocked out power to thousands in Connecticut.
The hardest hit were the areas in which a Tornado Warning was issued at around 4 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 9: in Hartford, Tolland, and Windham counties. The warning has since been lifted.
Just before 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Eversource reported about 2,300 outages, with The Town of Putnam in Windham County having the most with 1,500, followed by Plainville (337), Glastonbury (134), and Coventry (122).
United Illuminating was reporting about 50 outages, with that number evenly split betw…
