Power largely restored in Connecticut after rain showers led to outages

Power was largely restored across Connecticut by Friday afternoon after morning rain showers led to hundreds of outages.  

Eversource, the state’s largest energy provider, said there were 40 outages around the state as of 4:15 p.m. That figure is down from the 815 outages reported around 9 a.m. 

At the time, some 635 of those outages were reported in Hartford. The outage began at around 8:40 a.m. and ended several hours later, according to Eversource’s outage map. 

Earlier in the day, at around 6:10 a.m., there were about 400 outages in Rocky Hill. The outage was caused by equipment damage and was resolved by about 8 a.m. 

There were also 155 outages caused by fallen tree limbs that were reported in Madison at 6:35 a.m., according to Eversource. The outages were resolved by 7:37 a.m. 

United Illuminating, which serves more than a dozen communities in southern Connecticut, reported 28 outages in Hamden on Friday morning. The utility said there were 15 outages in its coverage area around 4:15 p.m. 

Friday’s forecast called for showers and a few thunderstorms in the morning, followed by more scattered activity in the afternoon.