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"This was an historic storm in some areas of Connecticut. Once daylight occurs, crews will be out to survey damage and begin clean-up. If you live in the western portion of Connecticut, we are ...
Connecticut State Sen. Richard Blumenthal said at a news conference that the towns of Seymour, Newtown and Danbury also incurred major damage he described as "heartbreaking and gut-churning." Most ...
The governor of Connecticut declared a state of emergency after historic flooding left two dead and prompted hundreds of evacuations over the weekend, he said in a Monday news conference.
Picture of a house destroyed by the Wallingford Tornado of 1878. Although historically the U.S. state of Connecticut is not typically known to fall casualty to tornadoes, more than 100 of these powerful storms have affected the state in modern history, resulting in at least 48 deaths, 780 injuries, and more than $500 million in damage.
The storm arrived just two months after Hurricane Irene caused extensive power outages and property damage in the Northeast; with the 2011 New England tornado outbreak also causing damage in Western Massachusetts. It dumped snow on trees that were often still in leaf, adding extra weight, with the ground in some areas still soft from a ...
That is where the major damage occurred. [11] The Housatonic River in Western Connecticut reached 24.50 feet—its highest levels until October 1955, when it again reached 24.50 feet. [12] On noon of August 20, 1955, President Eisenhower declared Connecticut a "major disaster area". [13]
Harbor Road in Stony Brook received "catastrophic damage" after heavy rainfall soaked parts of New York and Connecticut late Sunday night, Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico said in a post on ...
Interior sections of the state experienced widespread flooding as the hurricane's torrential rains fell on soil already saturated from previous storms. The Connecticut River was forced out of its banks, inundating cities and towns from Hartford to Middletown. Ultimately the storm became the deadliest and costliest storm in Connecticut history. [58]