Several schools are dismissing early Wednesday.
New Haven public schools will be closing two hours prior to their normal dismissal time because of power outages, according to the school district's website.
Irving School in Derby will be dismissing at 12:30 p.m. today because of the lack of air conditioning. All other Derby public schools are on their regular schedule.
Several other schools will have an early dismissal as well. See the list here.
The NBC Connecticut meteorologists have issued a First Alert for the threat of storms on Thursday.
A cold front will break the heat Thursday, producing scattered storms that could be strong to severe.
The storms will be isolated but could pop up across the state.
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