In the wake of Tuesday’s severe storms, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has signed a Declaration of Civil Preparedness Emergency to help municipalities across Connecticut recover from the damage left behind.
Malloy said Wednesday the emergency order gives state agencies flexibility to assist communities impacted by a storm that may have produced a tornado.
Meanwhile, the governor has tasked emergency management officials to begin evaluating whether a request for a Major Disaster Declaration from President Donald J. Trump is warranted. The measure would allow municipalities to receive federal relief funds to offset clean-up costs.
“Yesterday’s storms caused a lot of damage to infrastructure, public facilities, and private property,” Malloy said Wednesday. “This declaration will provide our state and municipal agencies with additional authority to help residents in the affected towns to expedite debris removal and deal with the ongoing restoration efforts.”
The National Weather Service issued nine tornado warnings in response to Tuesday’s storm that caused two deaths in Danbury and New Fairfield, WFSB reported.
According to Eversource and United Illuminating, the storm left over 92,000 utility customers without power. Outages mainly occurred in the state’s western border around Danbury, which had 10,699 outages Wednesday morning.
