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Ida Dumps 8-Plus Inches of Rain on Darien, Causing ‘Catastrophic’ Flooding, First Selectman Says

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In the seven hours between 7 p.m. Wednesday and 2 a.m. Thursday, Tropical Storm Ida dumped more than 8 inches of rain on Darien, leading to downed trees and wires,  First Selectman Jayme Stevenson said late Thursday morning. At midnight, the first selectman declared a Local Emergency in town. Police responded to 21 incidents related to the weather and rescued people from two vehicles stuck in water — but there were no injuries reported in town, Stevenson said in a Code Red message to Darien residents. The damage also led to road closures on Tokeneke Road near the Interstate 95 entrance and exit and on Casement Street, Stevenson said. Small private bridges at homes in town, were also damaged, she said.

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Darien ‘Flooding of Historic Proportions’ First Selectman Says

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UPDATE, 3:22 p.m. — Darien Library is closing two hours early, at 4 p.m., Friday, “due to inclement weather,” the library said in an announcement. As of 3:07 p.m., according to Eversource, 18 of their customers in Darien were still without power. In an announcement, the utility said:

“Hundreds of Eversource line and tree workers, supported by utility crews from as far away as Texas, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, are working to restore power following Tropical Storm Elsa. “As of 3 p.m., more than 13,000 customers have had their power restored since the storm began, while crews are working to address the 6,000 outages currently on the system. “’The storm has delivered the expected heavy rains, further saturating grounds that were already soaked from this week’s thunderstorms, and we have the possibility of some more thunderstorms tonight,’ said Craig Hallstrom, Eversource president of regional electric operations.