Severe weather whips through state

New Haven, Conn. (WTNH) -          damage caused by the storm,
Severe thunderstorms rolled        and folks says it was very
across the state, less than        scary.  News 8 was live in
24 hours after thunderstorms       Seymour and Enfield to take a
left thousands in the dark.        look at the weather damage.
Most of the state was under a      Trees fell on houses and in
severe thunderstorm warning .      roadways blocking traffic and
High winds, heavy rain and         sending people out of their
hail caused power outages,         homes.
road closures, and trees to        Metro-North also experienced
fall.                              some problems caused by the
As of 11pm, CL&P is reporting      weather.  Buses have been
over 99,000 outages. Hartford      brought in to replace train
has opened its Emergency           service on its New Canaan
Operations Center to deal          Branch. Metro-North says they
with the storm.                    hope to have the issues fixed
According to CL&P, crews are       by 11pm.
mobilized but restoration may      It was a similar story last
take several days to complete.     night, as severe
CL&P says it's staff will be       thunderstorms knocked out
working throughout the night.      power to thousands. News 8
Connecticut State Police Lt.       received some amazing photos
J. Paul Vance says power           of lightning via our  Report
lines that are down are still      It  feature.
extremely dangerous.                
Several towns suffered severe      

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