We will regularly update this state-by-state report on Hurricane Sandy as it barrels up the East Coast, threatening to create havoc for tens of millions of people. Jon Hurdle from Philadelphia; Brian Stelter from Rehoboth Beach, Del.; and Thomas Kaplan from Cape May, N.J., contributed to this report.
Residents from Old Saybrook to Fairfield were ordered to evacuate their homes in low-lying areas along the coast on Sunday amid growing concern about the projected impact of flooding from the hurricane’s surge in Long Island Sound. WTNH-TV in Hartford delivered this report from Fairfield on the evacuations:
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy activated the state’s emergency command center on Sunday. Bus service was suspended starting at midnight and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s commuter rail service at 7 p.m. “This storm needs to be taken seriously,” Governor Malloy said in a statement. “And just as the state is taking preparatory actions, I encourage the public and all of the state’s utility companies to do the same.”
After Hurricane Irene last year, power companies in Connecticut were harshly criticized for taking more than a week to restore power to tens of thousands of customers. Luther Turmelle, a reporter for The New Haven Register, reports that Connecticut can again expect widespread power failures: ... Continue to read.
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