Power Outage Closes Cheshire School Early

Highland Elementary School in Cheshire closed early on Thursday, Feb. 25 due to a power outage.

The school dismissed at 11 a.m.

Thunderstorms rolled through the state around midnight knocking power out, downing trees and power lines.

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Eversource reported 91 outages in Cheshire as of 11:15 a.m.

More than 70 schools in Connecticut were impacted by the massive storm. Wind gusts were reported as high as 75 mph which is the strength of a Category 1 hurricane.

At one point, early this morning 100 percent of some smaller local Connecticut towns reported power outages. At its height, nearly 80,000 people in Connecticut lost power.