Town-By-Town Power Outage Update For CT, Flood Warnings Issued

CONNECTICUT — A powerful storm at one point knocked out power to nearly 90,000 Connecticut residents, and caused flash flooding conditions across the state on Monday. Numerous schools either closed or had early dismissals Monday.

At one point Monday morning, trees were reported down on both I-95 and the Merritt Parkway in southern Connecticut. Wind gusts in excess of 60 mph have been reported in Connecticut.

Eversource is currently reporting 36,872 outages across the state, while United Illuminating Co. is reporting 224 outages. (Check back all day for live updates on outages and the roads across CT. See below for more details).

Eversource officials said power was restored to 42,000 customers within minutes of their outage by rerouting power. In total, as of approximately noon, power has been restored to more than 82,000 customers since the storm began. Approximately 54,000 Eversource customers in Connecticut remain without power Monday night as a result of the severe storm.

“We know the timing of this storm is terrible as people are trying to enjoy time off or prepare for the Christmas holiday,” said President of Eversource Connecticut Steve Sullivan. “The fierce winds and heavy rains brought down trees and limbs, causing significant damage to the electric system and widespread power outages in most of the 149 towns we serve. We have hundreds of crews on the ground working, but with outages being so widespread it will take some time, especially as we continue to take on damage and outages throughout the day. Even after the storm, we’ll continue to see new outages because of the weakened state of trees and the saturated ground. Our employees are committed to working around-the-clock until all of our customers affected by this storm have their power back.”

Eversource has switched its Emergency Response Plan from a level 5 to a level 4, indicating more than 125,000 power outages are possible, which could mean a three-day restoration, officials said.

Here are the current weather bulletins still in effect from the National Weather Service:

A flood warning is in effect at the Housatonic River at Stevenson Dam until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Moderate flood stage with numerous homes in the Maples area of Shelton affected.

- At 9:30 AM EST Monday the stage was 15.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 16.1 feet tomorrow morning.
- Flood stage is 11.0 feet.

A flood warning is in effect for the Still River at Brookfield until late tonight.

* IMPACTS...At 14.0 feet, the river begins to flood roads and parking lots.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:45 PM EST Monday the stage was 14.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage late this evening and continue falling to 11.8 feet just after midnight tonight.

A flood warning is in effect for the Yantic River near Yantic affecting New London County.

• For the Yantic River...including Yantic...Moderate flooding is forecast.
• Pawcatuck River At Westerly affecting Washington and New London Counties.

Hartford/Tolland/Windham County

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Connecticut and Massachusetts...

• Connecticut River At Thompsonville affecting Hartford and Hampden Counties.
• Connecticut River At Hartford affecting Middlesex and Hartford Counties.
• Farmington River At Simsbury affecting Hartford County. For the Farmington River...including Simsbury...Minor flooding is forecast.

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Eversource, UI power outages including more than 1,000:

• Cheshire, 2,199
• Killingly, 2,020
• Woodstock, 1,997
• Redding, 1,505
• Plainfield, 1,475
• Colchester, 1,367
• Sterlin, 1,356
• Brooklyn, 1,291
• Mansfield, 1,285
• Ridgefield, 1,162
• Canterbury, 1,134
• Griswold, 1,090
• Salem, 1,053

Towns reporting between 500 and 1,000 outages include: Ashford, Branford, Coventry, East Haddam, East Hampton, Guilford, Hampton, Lebanon, Lyme, Marlborough, Meriden, Montville, Newtown, Pomfret, Sprague, Stafford, and Stamford, Thompson, Tolland, Sprague, and Windsor.

Click here to view the Eversource outage map for your town, and to click here to the UI map.