Thousands without power as storms rip through CT

More than 9,000 customers were without power Saturday evening as thunderstorms rolled through wide swathes of Connecticut.

Eversource, which serves 1,312,610 customers in Connecticut, had 10,239 customers without power as of 7:25 p.m. Saturday.

United Illuminating, which serves 344,849 customers in 17 Connecticut town, had 291 customers without power at 7 p.m. Most of the outages were in New Haven, Milford and Woodbridge.

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