Power Outages All Over Groton, Emergency Officials Pulled Inside

Connecticut Power and Light customers in Groton are losing power by the dozens since the wind picked up this morning, with the number escalating from 27 percent to 47 percent in one hour. 

Deputy Director of Emergency Operations Jeffrey Williams the problem stems from damage on "multiple trees, multiple wires on multiple streets." 

Williams also reported some flooding on South Road and River Road and he anticipates conditions to deteriorate throughout the day. 

"We are just now coming into the worse part of the storm," he said. 

Williams reported that at last count, there were 75 people in the Red Cross emergency shelter at Fitch High School. There are also five dogs, five cats and one guinea pig. 

Public safety has been called in (off the streets)," Williams said. "They're not responding to any type of call except life-threatening emergency calls."  

In Groton the state roads closed at midnight Saturday and Williams highly recommends people to stay off the roads. Gov. Malloy issued a semi-truck ban on I-95 this morning. 

Emergency officials in the City of Groton said the flooding is not bad yet but power all around the city is out. 

"All told we really only have some tidal flooding around Bayberry Blvd, there's little bit over 7,000 customers on Groton that still do not power." 

The emergency operations center is fully staffed, and Mayor Marian Galbraith has been at the EOC all night, according emergency office staff.