BRANCHES OUT OF ANDREW MOUNTAIN
ROAD AT THE TIME.
HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
>>> NOW TONIGHT HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS ARE IN THE DARK AS THE
STORM INITIALLY WRAPPED UP.
NEARLY 500,000 PEOPLE WERE
WITHOUT POWER, THAT NUMBER
CONTINUES TO CLIMB.
IT HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN
680,000 STATEWIDE, AND MANY ARE
IN FOR A LONG AND VERY WARM
NIGHT WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.
THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THE
NEWS AT 11:00.
I’M MIKE HIGHDECK.
>> I’M KEISHA GRANT.
RIGHT NOW THE CLEANUP IS
BEGINNING ACROSS THE STATE.
WE WANT TO BEGIN WITH NBC
CONNECTICUT USA MATT AUSTIN LIVE
WITH MUCH MORE ON THE EFFORT TO
RESTORE EFFORT.
>> Reporter: YES, KEISHA AND
MIKE, INCREDIBLE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE INCLUDING THIS SITE
BEHIND US.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE DARK
AND SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW
WHEN THEY WILL GET POWER BACK
TONIGHT.
EVER SOURCE SAYS ITS ONLINE
OUTAGE MAP IS BACK WORKING AFTER HAVING ISSUES EARLIER DURING THE
HEIGHT OF THE STORM.
TONIGHT THE ROAR OF GENERATORS
COULD BE HEARD AS HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE LOST POWER FOLLOWING
TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS.
>> I SAW POWER FLICKER A COUPLE
OF TIMES.
ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUST ALL WENT
OUT AND I HEARD A LOUD BANG. >> Reporter: ROB GRIFFITH
DISCOVERED A LARGE PART OF A
TREE CRASHED DOWN ON HIS HOME
OUTSIDE NURSERY DRIVE IN WEST
HARTFORD.
BRANCHES BLOCKED THE ROAD AND
NDED ON SEVERAL OF HIS
VEHICLES IN THE DRIVEWAY.
>> IT HAS BEEN TRICKY DURING
THIS PANDEMIC.
TO LOSE POWER ON TOP OF THIS, WE
HAVE A NEW-BORN BABY INSIDE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LAUGHING ON
THE OUTSIDE BUT, YOU KNOW, IT
HAS BEEN WEIRD.
>> Reporter: ACROSS WEST
HARTFORD POLICE REPORTED MORE
THAN 50 STREETS AND
INTEECS WERE IMPACTED BY
DOWNED LINES, FALLEN TREES OR
POWER OUTAGES.
IN HARTFORD YOU COULD FIND TREES
OR BRANCHES DOWN ON STREET AFTER
STREET.
POLICE REPORTED DOZENS OF
STORM-RELATED CALLS. IN BUSHNELL PARK THERE WILL BE
LOTS OF CLEANUP AHEAD, INCLUDING
FOLLOWING A GIANT TREE THAT WAS
UPROOTED.
>> IT WAS INTENSE.
MY NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR HAS A TIN
ROOF ON HIS SHED, AND YOU HEARD
THAT RATTLE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BLOW
OFF.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT EVERSOURCE
SAYS IT IS RACING TO RESTORE
POWER TO PEOPLE.
CREWS HAD BEEN POSITIONED AROUND
THE STATE BEFORE THE STORM AND
THE UTILITY HAS RESOURCES OUT OF
STATE IT CAN RELY ON.
>> I’M NOT CERTAIN OF THE ACTUAL
NUMBER WE HAVE, BUT EVERYBODY
WHO IS AVAILABLE IS ON TONIGHT.
WE WILL HAVE -- WE WILL BE
WORKING 24/7.
WE WILL HAVE CREWS WORKING
OVERNIGHT, AND WE HAVE A FRESH
COMPLEMENT OF CREWS WORKING
TOMORROW MORNING, FIRST THING IN
THE MORNING.
WE ALWAYS MAKE OUTREACH TO
MUTUAL AID AND EXPECT TO BE ABLE
TO HAVE ASSISTANCE WHEN WE NEED
IT.
>> IT MIGHT BE A WHILE, BUT I’M
KIND OF LUCKY.
WE DON’T HAVE POWER BUT NOTHING
HAPPENED TO ANYONE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> Reporter: BACK OUT HERE LIVE
TONIGHT, EVERSOURCE SAYS THERE
IS NO ESTIMATE YET FOR WHEN
EVERYONE WILL BE RESTORED, BUT
BEFORE THEY CAN FIGURE THAT OUT THE PRIORITY IN THE DAYLIGHT
TOMORROW IS TO CHECK ALL OF THE
DAMAGE WHICH THEY ALREADY
BELIEVE TO BE SIGNIFICANT.
WE’RE LIVE IN WEST HARTFORD,
MATT AUSTIN, NBC CONNECTICUT
NEWS.
GUYS.
>> MATT, THANK YOU.
>>> WEST HARTFORD ISN’T ALONE
TONIGHT.
THE DAMAGE SPANS FROM HARTFORD
TO HAMDEN AND BEYOND.
NBC CONNECTICUT’S JAMIE RATLIFF
CONTINUES LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
FROM SHELTON.
JAMIE.
>> Reporter: KEISHA, THAT DAMAGE
IS CERTAINLY EXTENSIVE ACROSS
THE STATE.
JUST ON THIS SMALL STREET NEIGHBORS SAY THAT TRANSFORMER
HAS CAUSED FIRES ON EITHER SIDE
AND TREE AFTER TREE CAME
TUMBLING DOWN, THIS ONE CAUSING
THE MOST DAMAGE.
>> IT JUST ROLLED IN REALLY
QUICK, REALLY FAST, TOO FAST.
SCARY.
>> Reporter: A SCARY MOMENT FOR
SHELTON NEIGHBORS WHEN A MASSIVE
TREE SLAMMED THROUGH THIS
JEFFERSON STREET HOME.
THE LARGE BRANCHES PIERCED
THROUGH THE ROOF, LANDING IN THE
LIVING ROOM.
KRISTIN PERRY AND HER SISTER OWN
THE HOME AND SAY A TENNT WS
HERE AT THE TIME.
>> SHE WAS IN THE BASEMENT DOING LAUNDRY AND HEARD A CRACK AND
JUST THANK G NONE WAS HURT.
THAT’S ALL WE CAN -- IT HAS BEEN
A LONG DAY.
>> Reporter: IN HAMDEN,RAMA
RAMA JAFARI WAS AT WORK WHEN HIS
NEIGHBORS CALLED.
THE TREE LIFTED UP CHUNKS OF THE
ROAD, PULLED ON POWER LINES AND
CRUSHED HIS ROOF.
HE IS GRATEFUL NO ONE WAS HURT.
>> NONE OF US WERE HOME SO
THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
>> Reporter: NEARBY ON WHITNEY
AVENUE WINDS RIPPED DOWN A ANT
BRANCH BLOCKING THE ROAD.
ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LARGE
TREES DOWN BUT THESE MISSED
HOMES.
>> ALMOST IN SLOW MOTION I SAW
THE TOP OF THE TREE JUST FALL
FORWARD.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
TREE DOWN, NEIGHBORS’ TREES
DOWN.
MY NEIGHBOR’S TREE IS ABOUT TO COME DOWN.
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
>> Reporter: THE UPROOTED TREE
CAUSED A GAS LEAK THAT WAS
QUICKLY SHUT OFF.
POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS
ACROSS THE STATE DEALING WITH A FLURRY OF CALLS.
BACK IN SHELTON DEBRIS LITTERED
THE ROAD AND TRANSFORMERS
TOPPLED TO THE GROUND.
THE STORM LASTED ONLY A FEW
HOURS, BUT THE CLEANUP WILL TAKE
MUCH LONGER. >> THERE WAS A FIRE BURNING OVER
THERE, THERE WAS A FIRE BURNING
OVER HERE.
ALL AROUND US.
SO I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
WE’LL TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS I GUESS.
>> Reporter: BUT NO MATTER WHAT
KIND OF DAMAGE THOSE WE SPOKE TO
WERE DEALING WITH, THEY ALL SAID
THEY’RE JUST THANKFUL THEY AND