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Connecticut Power Outages: Malloy Declares Limited State of Emergency (Live Updates)
A powerful storm moved through the area overnight, knocking down trees and power lines, resulting in numerous school delays and closings.
UPDATE 6 P.M. Governor Dannel P. Malloy today declared a limited State of Emergency to help accelerate power restoration efforts following last night’s storm that produced heavy rain, strong winds, and power outages across the state. The declaration is necessary to assist out-of-state utility crews in their efforts to help power restoration in Connecticut.
“This declaration is necessary to allow utility crews from Canada to enter the United States and help with power restoration in the state,” Governor Malloy said in a statement released by his office. “I am committed to do everything in my authority to help the residents of the state who are still without power and this declaration will help that effort.”
As a result of this order, Eversource will be able to bring in needed crews to help achieve its goal of 99 percent restoration of power by late tomorrow night.
State emergency management officials continue to work with the state’s utilities and local communities to help facilitate full power restoration.
UPDATE, 3:45 p.m.
There are approximately 33,000 people in Connecticut still without power as of Thursday afternoon, and full restoration isn’t likely until 11:30 Friday night, officials said.
With winds gusting over 75 miles-per-hour in some locations and torrential rain soaking a majority of Connecticut, Wednesday night’s powerful storm caused extensive damage across the state, interrupting electric service to more than 89,500 Eversource customers.
The company’s line and tree crews have already restored power to more than 50,000 since the storm began, according to a prepared statement released by Eversource.
Eversource crews from Massachusetts and New Hampshire, as well as contractors from New York and Pennsylvania, will soon be assisting with the restoration effort.
“The wet ground from the heavy downpours coupled with the strong winds last night caused trees and limbs to fall, tearing down power lines and utility poles across our service territory,” said Peter Clarke, Senior Vice President of Emergency Preparedness at Eversource in a prepared statement. “We recognize being without electricity for any length of time is difficult, and we assure our customers that we are focused on restoring service as quickly and safely as possible to all those affected.”
Eversource expects to have power restored for a majority of customers by 11:30 pm Friday night. The company restores outages affecting the largest number of customers first, so outages that affect a smaller number of customers may take longer, as they are oftentimes more labor-intensive.
Anyone experiencing a power outage should report it to Eversource at 1-800-286-2000, or on Eversource.com.
Here are the latest town-by-town list of power outages current as of 3:30 p.m. Thursday:
Avon, 679
Berlin, 979
Bethel, 630
Canton, 342,
Danbury, 519
Darien, 220
Durham, 144
East Hampton, 107
East Lyme, 262
East Windsor, 258
Ellington, 193
Enfield, 221,
Farmington, 86
Glastonbury, 330
Greenwich, 2,169
Killingworth, 99
Ledyard, 633
Lyme, 117
Mansfield, 416
Meriden, 395
Middletown, 155
Monroe, 461
Montville, 1,112
New Canaan, 626
Newtown, 640
Norwalk, 222
Oxford, 128
Redding, 378
Ridgefield, 874
Simsbury, 573
South Windsor, 155
Tolland, 282
Vernon, 182
Waterford, 100
West Hartford, 669
Westport, 207
Windsor, 600
Woodbury, 111
Original post: A big decrease in the number of Connecticut residents without power in the past hour.
The number of outages have dropped by 10,000 in the past half hour and as of 10:15 a.m. there are now 60,000 people without power in Connecticut.
The total number of Eversource customers without power is 52,600 as of 10:30 a.m. and United Illuminating is reporting 3,800 outages including 2,242 in Fairfield, 983 in Easton and 110 in Trumbull.
Thunderstorms rolled through the state around midnight knocking power out, downing trees and power lines. 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, and that number is ever so slowly decreasing.
If you need to contact Eversource to report an outage call 800.286.2000 and United Illuminating Co. at 800.722.5584. Please keep refreshing this story for live updates.
Several schools were closed including: Newtown, New Canaan, Ridgefield, Monroe, Westport, Rocky Hill, and Tolland public schools.
Public schools with delays include: Greenwich, East Lyme’s Flander Elementary School, Berlin, Region 15, and Avon. At 8:30 a.m., Greenwich Public Schools announced the North Mianus School is closed because of a power outage.
A tree fell on a house in West Hartford on boulevard and Garfield roads, NBC Connecticut reports.
Numerous roads around the state are closed due to trees down including: Route 487 by North Georges Hill Road in Southbury, and Route 188 by Airport and Bristol Town Road also in Southbury.
North Branford’s Route 17 is closed at Route 22, Route 148 in East Haddam by River Road is closed, and the highways are already backed up.
Expecte a 10 mile delay between Exit 19-13 southbound of I-95 in Darien, an 8 mile delays on Route 15 by Exits 46-41 in Westport, and a delay on I-95 southbound in New Haven between Exits 51-48.
Almost every community in the state has seen some outages, some in the several thousands and some around 100.
Here is the latest as of 11:45 a.m.
Mansfield, 469
Tolland, 277
Ledyard, 2,013
Montville, 1,575
Waterford, 448
Somers, 485
Berlin, 1,335
Redding, 505
Greenwich, 3,016
Ridgefield, 1,565
Danbury, 971
Woodbury, 374
Durham, 283
East Lyme, 804
New Canaan, 735
Newtown, 919
Avon, 595
Bethel, 629
Manchester, 191
Suffield, 148
Monroe, 457
New London, 1
South Windsor, 251
Wilton, 420
Canton, 251
Killingworth, 136
Meriden, 1,006
Simsbury, 567
East Windsor, 257
Glastonbury, 506
Oxford, 130
Southbury, 395
Darien, 216
Vernon, 504
West Hartford, 648
Windsor, 269
Enfield, 219
Guilford, 163
Stamford, 513
Middletown, 125
Norwalk, 124
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