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Almost half a million customers are without power after outages continued to spike.
Danbury: 15,936 (45%) Darien: 5,749 (73%) Easton: 2,444 (85%) Fairfield: 19,996 (91%) Greenwich: 15,867 (56%) New Canaan: 5,570 (66%) Norwalk: 17,827 (60%) Redding: 3,832 (98%) Ridgefield: 10,677 (100%) Stamford: 32,619 (58%) Weston: 3,782 (99%) Westport: 9,913 (80%) Wilton: 5,866 (80%)
Update, 8 p.m. FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Power outages jumped in Fairfield County as strong winds whipped through the area.
Tens of thousands of customers are without power after many outage numbers doubled or tripled since the last update.
Danbury: 13,896 (39%)
Darien: 4,257 (54%)
Easton: 1,547 (54%)
Fairfield: 7,576 (35%)
Greenwich: 12,859 (46%)
New Canaan: 5,279 (63%)
Norwalk: 16,169 (54%)
Redding: 3,812 (97%)
Ridgefield: 8,648 (81%)
Stamford: 26,586 (47%)
Weston: 3,760 (98%)
Westport: 7,728 (62%)
Wilton: 5,596 (76%)
Update, 6:30 p.m.: FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Power outages are climbing in Fairfield County as Hurricane Sandy brings its strongest winds into the region.
Tens of thousands of customers were in the dark Monday afternoon. Outages skyrocketed in many town three to five times higher from the previous update a bit after 6 p.m.
Danbury: 2,896 (8%)
Darien: 3204 (40%)
Easton: 810
Fairfield: 805
Greenwich: 6217 (22%)
New Canaan: 3,706 (44%)
Norwalk: 9,200 (31%)
Redding: 2,384 (61%)
Ridgefield: 3,678 (34%)
Stamford: 17,327 (31%)
Weston: 3,464 (90%)
Westport: 5,033 (40%)
Wilton: 4,243 (57%)
Update, 4:30 p.m.: FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Power outages continue to rise in parts of Fairfield County while some customers have gotten their power back as Hurricane Sandy drives high winds into the region.
More than 1,700 customers were in the dark in New Canaan and 1,525 were in the dark in Wilton. More than 3,400 in Stamford remained without power, a drop from earlier in the day. Power outages also fell slightly in Weston and Westport.
Danbury: 906
Darien: 845
Easton: 204
Fairfield: 611
Greenwich: 1,264
New Canaan: 1,702
Norwalk: 2,632
Redding: 639
Ridgefield: 737
Stamford: 3,474
Weston: 790
Westport: 775
Wilton: 1,525
Update, 3:35 p.m.: FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Hurricane Sandy is leaving more of Fairfield County in the dark, with a surge in outages reported in areas like Westport and Wilton.
More than 4,000 customers had lost power in Stamford,while 1,500 were out in Greenwich. More than 1,300 were out in Wilton and more than 1,100 customers had lost power in Weston.
Here is a list of outages by customer in cities and towns throughout Fairfield County:
Danbury: 398
Darien: 354
Easton: 85
Fairfield: 626
Greenwich: 1,504
New Canaan: 490
Norwalk: 1,970
Redding: 495
Ridgefield: 229
Stamford: 4,070
Weston: 1,115
Westport: 979
Wilton: 1,302
Update, 2:15 p.m. FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — More than 700 customers in Wilton are now without power as Hurricane Sandy brings stronger guests into Fairfield County.
More than 1,100 customers in Weston are in the dark along with 700 customers in Greenwich and 480 in Fairfield.
Here is a list of outages by customer in cities and towns throughout Fairfield County:
Darien: 54
Danbury: 53
Easton: 145
Fairfield: 482
Greenwich: 756
New Canaan: 63
Norwalk: 117
Redding: 60
Ridgefield: 42
Stamford: 297
Weston: 1,111
Westport: 74
Wilton: 701
Update, 12:15 p.m. FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — More than 1,100 customers in Weston — almost a third of the town — had lost power as of noon Monday.
Outages were low but creeping up throughout Fairfield County, with about 1,400 customers out in Norwalk and 430 out in Greenwich.
Original Story, 11:15 a.m.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Residents across Fairfield County were beginning to lose power Monday morning with the worst of Hurricane Sandy still ahead.
The most outages at 11:15 a.m. were in Norwalk, where more than 1,600 customers had lost power. More than 350 customers had lost power in Greenwich and 300 were out in Weston.
The highest winds are expected to hit the region from about noon to midnight. Of greatest concern is the storm expected during the high tides at noon and midnight in Fairfield County communities along Long Island Sound.
You can check outages online for Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating.
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