More than half of New Canaan remained without power midday Sunday after powerful storms struck the town and region on Independence Day.
Families attending the beloved picnic and fireworks at Waveny fled the park minutes into the show—itself pushed up in the evening due to impending storms—as powerful wind and rain moved in.
As of 12 p.m. Sunday, 53.75% of Eversource’s New Canaan customers remained without power, according to the utility company. The figure represents 4,957 households.
The company is “focused on clearing blocked roads with power lines, then will transition to service restoration,” New Canaan’s emergency management dircector, Russ Kimes III, said in a townwide outcall Sunday morning.
“Eversource has not provided any time estimates for any service restorations in New Canaan,” he said. “Treat every downed line as if it were a live wire, do not remove barricades or police tape blocking roads with downed wires.”
Walter Stewart’s Market is open and operating Sunday.