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Update: Power Out for Even More in Meriden, City Hit Hardest In State

Meriden experiencing most outages in the state right now

Update 2 - Wednesday, 12:52 a.m.

The lights returned for thousands in Meriden at around midnight Tuesday, ratcheting the number of CL&P customers in the city without power from nearly 13,000 to 4,369 customers at 12:52 a.m. 

Update 1 - Tuesday, 11:25 p.m.

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A full 12,743 Connecticut Light and Power customers in Meriden are without electricity right now, according to the company's outage map – a full 46 percent of the city's customers.

Meriden has the most outages in the state by almost 10,000 customers.  About 182 are affected in Cheshire, 1,723 in Durham, and 3,059 in Middletown.

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Calls to the automated CL&P site say power to parts of East Meriden may be restored by 1:30 a.m., Wednesday. A Meriden police spokesman said at 11:47 p.m. that there currently were no shelters open for those without power.

Freezing drizzle will continue to pelt the area until about 3 a.m. according to The National Weather Service. There may be rain and freezing rain tomorrow.

Original Story - Tuesday, 7:20 p.m.

The ice storm that’s making streets slick and trees look like glass sculptures is playing havoc with power lines, creating outages throughout the region.

AT 7:20 p.m., CL&P's outage map is showing that 4,811 Meriden customers are currently out of service – the most reported in the state right now by about 1,800. Cheshire has the second-largest number of customers without power at 3,087. More than 15,000 customers are currently without power in the state.

Connecticut Light and Power has set up an emergency center for customers to call if their power goes out. Call 860-947-2000 in the Meriden area to be linked to an automated phone system to report outages and hear estimates for when power to certain areas may be restored.

CL&P says if you see wires down, call 9-1-1 and keep away from them. A statement also recommends to drivers that if a power line falls on your car when you’re inside, stay in the car and wait for emergency responders. Don’t touch anything outside.


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