People cross a flooded Water Street in Stonington as Tropical Storm Henri passes through. The heaviest rain and wind was reported out of Stonington and New London at midday Sunday, but the area avoided a surge of water from Long Island Sound.
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“There’s still enough dead trees in the state, and they’re at a full canopy so when you get wind gusts over 40 mph, you’ve got to expect there’s going to be outages, just not of the magnitude that was expected.” “You’re still going to have power outages,” he said. But it doesn’t mean the state won’t face significant effects from Henri.
The change in the storm’s track is good news for central Connecticut, where a direct hit could have been “catastrophic,” Lessor said. Thankfully it was less severe than originally predicted,” East Haven police Tweeted at 4 p.m.
“We want to thank everyone for their patience and cooperation during this weather event. Stonington, which had braced for hurricane-force damage, closed its emergency shelter by midafternoon, and East Haven lifted its mandatory evacuation order for scores of homes by 4 p.m. The state had banned empty tractor trailers, tandem tractor trailers and motorcycles on I-95 starting Sunday morning, but lifted the ban at 5 p.m. While the rain continued to fall, the potential for winds strong enough to lead to historic power outages did not materialize.
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