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Hundreds Still Without Power In Darien Monday Evening: Update

Sunday's storm knocked down trees and wires throughout town.

Sunday's storm knocked down trees and wires in Darien, leaving more than 700 without power Monday evening, according to Eversource.
Sunday's storm knocked down trees and wires in Darien, leaving more than 700 without power Monday evening, according to Eversource. (Alfred Branch/Patch)

DARIEN, CT — More than 700 Eversource customers in Darien were without power Monday evening, after Sunday night's storm knocked down trees and wires throughout town, according to officials.

The outage affected more than 8 percent of Eversource's 8,100 customers in Darien as of 6:30 p.m. During parts of the day, more than 1,300 were without power in town.

Statewide, more than 24,000 Eversources customers were without power for parts of Monday due to the storm.

Find out what's happening in Darienfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Darien Public Schools were closed Monday, and remote learning also was canceled, due to the outages and the damage around town caused by the storm.

Darien police said more than 30 roads in town were totally or partially blocked as a result of the storm during parts of Monday, and residents were urged to use caution when traveling around town.

Find out what's happening in Darienfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Below is a list of the streets that were impacted:

Ironwood Lane
Driftway Lane
Morley Lane
Old Farm Road
Winding Lane
Red Coat Pass
East Trail
Arrowhead Way
Hecker Avenue
Five Mile River Road
Old Kings Highway South near #231
Beach Drive
Clock Avenue
Rings End Road
Nearwater Lane
Sunswyck Road
Outlook Drive
Goodwives River Road near #80
Dickinson Road
Duffys Lane
Nickerson Road
Post Road // Garden City
Fitch Avenue
Casement Street
Concord Lane
Post Road // Gardiner Street
Hollow Tree Ridge Road near #829
Middlesex Road // Colony Road
Hanson Road
Blueberry Lane

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