Hundreds of Power Outages After Overnight Shoreline Thunderstorms

There were hundreds of power outages Thursday morning after overnight thunder and lightning storms concentrated along the shoreline.

Just before 6 a.m., Old Lyme had 189 power outages. As of 6:01 a.m., Fairfield had 953 power outages and Bridgeport had 67, United Illuminating reported.

By 7:23 a.m., power for all but 29 UI customers had been restored and 213 in Old Lyme, 122 in Waterford and 97 in East Lyme didn't have power.

Scattered thunderstorms are possible in Connecticut on Thursday, but the state will mostly experience showers with a few periods of heavy rain, particularly in the afternoon and evening, according to meteorologist Bob Maxon.

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