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Eversource is reporting 3,578 customers without power, or about 028 percent of their total base. (Shutterstock)
CONNECTICUT Eversource is reporting 3,578 customers, or about 0.28 percent of their total base, are still without power at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday, in the aftermath of thunderstorms which swept into the late afternoon
United Illuminating has restored power to all of its customers.
The thunderstorms are the vanguard of a bizarre weather front predicted by meteorologists to carry on into Thursday morning.
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WTNH News 8 chief meteorologist Gil Simmons called for up to a half inch of rain drop quickly before 8 p.m., and warned there was a small chance of a tornado as well.
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More than 8,000 Connecticut homes and business are still without power Tuesday afternoon. (Shutterstock)
CONNECTICUT More than 8,000 homes and business are still without power at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, in the aftermath of high winds that raked the region Monday night.
Eversource is reporting 8,605 customers without power, or about 0.67 percent of their total base. There are 113 United Illuminating homes and businesses, or 0.10 percent of their customers, still in the dark. Consistent, strong winds with gusts up to 50 miles per hour have been roaring across the state since the storm began last night, bringing down tree limbs and causing significant damage to the electric system, said Eversource president of regional electric operations Craig Hallstrom.