UPDATE: Storm Knocks Out Power But Lights Are on in Lyme, Old Lyme, and East Lyme

This afternoon's thunderstorms blew rapidly across the state but they did plenty of damage in a fairly short amount of time.

In all, Connecticut Light and Power reported 35,000 homes lost power. Crews worked diligently to get the lights back on, however, and by 7:30 p.m. power had been restored to 22,000 homes. By 3:30 a.m., fewer than 2,000 homes remained in the dark.

Few homes locally were affected. CL&P's outage report showed that just two homes in Lyme and one home in Old Lyme lost power. No homes in East Lyme lost power, according to CL&P.

Despite receiving no reports of an outage, a Connecticut Light and Power truck was quick to arrive in Niantic after a viewer sent in a picture to a local television news station showing a downed power line, reportedly in Niantic.

The picture was shown at least twice during the news broadcast but after driving around town in search of it, the CL&P truck found no evidence of any problem.

CL&P had received no reports from any customers in East Lyme about the problem as of 5:30 p.m. and said dispatch had received no calls reporting any such problem.

If you do have information about a power line problem, please report it to CL&P at 800-286-2000 and let the East Lyme Police Department know if it poses any hazard.