Residents on Ponus Ave emerge to find damage wrought by tropical storm Isaias Wednesday, August 5, 2020, which brought down trees with wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour in Norwalk, Conn.
A car was struck by a fallen tree limb while wind gusted up to 70 miles per hour as Tropical storm Isaias brings heavy rain Tuesday, August 4, 2020, to Norwalk, Conn.
Stamford Police block Roxbury Road at Stillwater Road as the wait for Eversource Power to respond to clear a tree leaning across the primary lines on August 4, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut.
Julio Torres of Stamford works to secure his boat at the Cove Island Marina as Tropical Storm Isaias passes through on August 4, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut.
A tree is down on Glenville Road as tropical storm Isaias brings heavy wind and rain to Greenwich, Conn. Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. The National Weather Service issued a tropical storm warning, flash flood watch, and tornado watch as the storm passed through Connecticut.
A pedestrian struggles with her umbrella as tropical storm Isaias brings heavy wind and rain to Greenwich, Conn. Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. The National Weather Service issued a tropical storm warning, flash flood watch, and tornado watch as the storm passed through Connecticut.
Tropical storm Isaias passes through West Haven, Conn., on Tuesday Aug. 4, 2020. The storm is bringing wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour and heavy rain to coastal areas when it arrives in Connecticut Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
As of Monday morning, there are still around 90,000 power outages across Connecticut.
As of 6 a.m. Monday, Eversource reported more than 87,000 of its customers were still without power.
United Illuminating officials reported 2,657 outages - less than 1 percent of its customers.
UI said power restoration “will be substantially complete by the end of the day Monday.”
Eversource said power should be “substantially” restored by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday.
Eversource has posted a list of expected restoration times here.
Tropical Storm Isaias already ranks among some of the most destructive storms in Connecticut’s recent history.
The state estimates peak outages from the storm at more than 1 million, with more than 800,000 at Eversource.
When a Nor’easter swept through Connecticut in 2011 and left about 830,000 residents without electricity, it took Eversource nearly a week to restore power.
