National Weather Service Issues Flood Watch for Portions of Connecticut

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch until 2:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon for portions of southern Conn. including the following areas:

>Northerns and Southern Fairfield County

>Northern and Southern Middlesex County

>Northern and Southern New Haven County

>Northern and Southern New London County

Heavy rains with possible flooding is expected. Roadways can become flooded. Drivers are advised not to drive through puddles and flooded roads. Thunderstorms are possible this afternoon with northeast winds 5 to 10 miles per hour.

Connecticut Light and Power is reporting thousands of outages in nearly 50 Connecticut towns with the most outages in Norwalk, with 2,435. There are 354 customers without power in Branford and 52 in Newtown.

If you experience a power outage or see downed power lines, report the issue to CL&P by calling (800) 286-2828.

If you see major flooding or trees down in your area, notify your local police department.

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