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Watch: Connecticut Firefighters rescue 19 people, dog from 'life-threatening' floods
OXFORD, Conn. - Firefighters safely rescued 19 people and a dog from raging floodwaters Sunday evening in southwestern Connecticut during a Flash Flood Emergency. The state experienced widespread and catastrophic flooding across Fairfield and New Haven counties, which caused numerous water rescues, several mudslides and a major gas leak. Thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall dropped nearly 10 inches of rain in the hardest-hit areas of the state, with rainfall rates between 1 and 2 inches per hour.
Historic flooding in Connecticut forces evacuations and water rescues
Historic flooding in parts of Connecticut closed roads, forced water rescues and caused mudslides on Sunday. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency for the risk for catastrophic flooding in Fairfield and New Haven counties through the evening. The Southbury Police Department asked residents in a Facebook post...
At least 1 person missing and about 100 evacuated by rescue crews as flash flooding hit parts of Connecticut and New York
(CNN) — At least one person is missing and about 100 people have been evacuated by urban search and rescue crews after heavy rainfall caused a flash flood emergency in the Connecticut counties of New Haven and Fairfield, and other such warnings are scattered across the Northeast, impacting travel in the region, officials said.
PHOTOS: Flash flooding hits parts of Connecticut
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A flash flood emergency was issued Sunday evening for the risk of significant flooding in Fairfield and New Haven counties. Share your photos with News 8 if you can safely do so. Be sure to include where and when you spotted the damage. See other viewer photos and videos below.
Flash floods in Connecticut kill at least 2, as some towns hit by ‘1,000-year’ rain events
Swaths of western Connecticut and Long Island were hit by heavy rainfall on Sunday into early Monday, leading to flash floods and rescue operations — and officials confirmed Monday that at least two people were killed. The extreme weather caused power outages, rail disruptions and the closure of some state parks. Some towns experienced a “1,000-year” rain event, meteorologists said.
CT rainfall totals up to 12 inches in some areas from Sunday’s storm
Up to a foot of rain reportedly fell in parts of New Haven and Fairfield counties Sunday afternoon, according to numbers provided by the National Weather Service. Some of the heaviest rain was recorded in Newtown, where 12 inches was recorded in Sandy Hook, according to the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network. Monroe and Middlebury each saw about 10 inches of rain, the weather service said. More than a foot of rain was reported out of Sandy Hook.
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