UPDATE: WEATHER UPDATE: Strong Winds Lead to Power Outages, Property Damage in Connecticut

Update: 8 p.m. Some good news is the power outages are way down over the past 90 minutes. Eversource is reporting 569 Connecticut residents are currently without power.

Darien is down to 36 residents without power, Greenwich, 3, Hampton, 50, New Canaan, 36, Norwalk, 25, Stamford, 58, Weston, 166, Westport, 25, and Wilton, 40.

Update 6:30 p.m. Eversource is reporting 1,371 power outages in Connecticut including 409 in Darien, Greenwich, 183, Gorton, 33, New Canaan, 48, Stamford, 57, Weston, 166, and Wilton, 161.

We’ll update the latest numbers at 8 p.m.

Update 6 p.m. Eversource is reporting 1,661 power outages in Connecticut including Weston, 166, Wilton, 161, Darien, 409, Glastonbury, 38, Greenwich, 190, New Canaan, 48, Norwalk, 37, and Stamford 57.

United Illuminating Co. is reporting two outages, 1 in West Haven, and 1 in Woodbridge.

We’ll update again.

Update 5 p.m. We’ll keep updating this story. As of 5 p.m. Eversource is reporting 1,716 Connecticut residents without power. Part of that number is Greenwich, 189, Stamford, 166, Monroe, 96, Glastonbury, 38, Madison, 23, New Canaan, 35, and Weston with 166 outages. But in the good news category, Ridgefield’s power has been fully restored.

Original post 4:30 p.m.: It’s all about the wind Saturday afternoon as 1,466 Eversource customers are without power as of 4:30 p.m.

Ridgefield has the most outages with 459, followed by Weston, 166, and Monroe with 96 outages. United Illuminating Co. is reporting one lone outage in Fairfield.

Besides power outages, the winds have led to some property damage as well. A tree fell on two cars at 224 Russet Lane Saturday, reports WFSB 3 TV.

In Simsbury a tree fell on a car on West Mountain Road near Canton Road, NBC Connecticut reports.

The National Weather Service has a “Special Weather Statement” in effect for Fairfield, New Haven, New London, and Middlesex counties for sustained winds of 25-30 mph and up to 45 mph through the rest of the afternoon.

A “Wind Advisory” is in effect for Hartford and Tolland counties through 8 p.m. with sustained winds of 15-25 mph but gusts could exceed 50 mph, the National Weather Service states.

WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons writes, “It’s going to be windy all day today!”

Latest Easter forecast for CT:

Up until yesterday it appeared to be sunny and in the 50s for Easter, well that has changed. Now the state is looking at cloudy skies and rain showers beginning after 12 p.m. with temps between 48-52 degrees, but the gusty winds will make it feel like it’s between 25-35 degrees.

And there is this from NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Darren Sweeney, “Could there be flakes of snow on the ground by wake up time on Monday? Could be. A series of weak systems will move at us over the next 24-48 hours. A dusting in the hills is certainly possible. More as the PM data comes in.”

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