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Hundreds Lose Power In Vernon Thursday

Hundreds of homes in Vernon lost power Thursday.

Power was pout for hundreds in Vernon Thursday.
Power was pout for hundreds in Vernon Thursday. (Chris Dehnel/Patch)

VERNON, CT — Thursday's weather knocked out power in Vernon for several hundred homes.

Just after 2 p.m., Eversource Energy was telling customers there were 705 outages in town.

At 5 p.m., the utility's outage map showed 487 homes were powerless.

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Eversource was estimating full restoration by 11:45 p.m., but by 6 p.m., power was mostly back.

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