Western Connecticut hit with historic storms washing out roads and cutting power

Connecticut-flood Intersection of Punkup Road and East Hill Road in Oxford Tuesday. Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media

Luke 21:25 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves,

Important Takeaways:

  • Connecticut is starting to dry out Tuesday after devastating flooding killed two people over the weekend and another round of storms passed through the state on Monday.
  • Flash flooding has washed out roads and bridges and left several routes unpassable.
  • The rainfall that ravaged western Connecticut hit the thousand-year level in some parts, according to Brenda Bergeron, the deputy commissioner of the state Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Areas also saw floods at the 25-year and 100-year level, meaning that, according to historical data, the probability of the rainfall reaching this level is once in 25, to 100 to 1,000 years.

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