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Floodwaters eroded a roadway outside an apartment complex in Danbury, Connecticut as torrential rain inundated the western part of the state on Aug. 18, 2024.
The long and costly recovery effort has begun in Connecticut and New York after historic flooding caused sweeping damage over ... 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
Two people were found dead in Oxford, Connecticut and over 100 were rescued from extreme flooding statewide. ... 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail.
The Flood of 1955 was one of the worst floods in Connecticut's history. Two back-to-back hurricanes saturated the land and several river valleys in the state, causing severe flooding in August 1955. The rivers most affected were the Mad River and Still River in Winsted, the Naugatuck River, the Farmington River, and the Quinebaug River. [1]
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.
Exacerbating the flood risks generated by ecosystem degradation, the state allows significant development to occur in floodplains and high-flood-risk areas. Indeed, new housing has been built between 2010 and 2019 in areas with high projected flood rates at three times the rate of non-risky areas.
Flooding on August 19, 1955, caused seven Darien families to be evacuated from their homes along the river. [11] On October 16, two days of heavy rain caused the river to again flood, weakening the roadbed of the New Haven Line and causing 20 cars of a freight train (but not the engine) to derail on the Stamford side of the river just after ...
The National Weather Service issued a rare flash flood emergency alert early Monday morning, ... 24 AM. Members of Beacon Hose Co. rescuing people from Brookside Inn in Oxford, Conn. on Aug. 18 ...