Tuesday’s snow storm caused havoc in some parts of the state, with upwards of 10 inches of snow accumulating by mid-morning.
Gov. Ned Lamont announced that he was ordering all executive branch state office buildings closed for the day.
As of 10 a.m., Eversource reported that 5,450 of its 1.3 million customers in the state – about 0.4% – had lost power.
The highest concentration of outages was in the Litchfield County towns of Hartland, Colebrook, Cornwall, Norfolk and Salisbury.
John Bagioni, meteorologist with Fax-Alert Weather Service in Burlington, told the Hartford Business Journal that the forecast is “tricky and highly variable.” He said the accumulation depends on where you live in the state.
Bagioni said the western half of the state is seeing some spots of rain and between 1 inch of snow on the ground to 9 and 10 inches in the higher hills of Litchfield County. He said the higher areas of Hartford County were seeing around 4 to 7 inches on the ground. An additional 1 to 4 inches was expected to accumulate before the snowfall ends around 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Bagioni said.
In a statement, Lamont said: “Out of an abundance of caution, especially looking at the current rate of school closures and considering that we have state offices located in every region in the state, and state employees who live in every region of the state, we are directing all Level 2 state employees to stay home on Tuesday, and those whose job duties allow them to work remotely should do so.” Level 2 state employees include all of those who were previously designated as “nonessential” based on their respective job duties.
At 11:30 a.m., Bradley International Airport said it remained open but about 30% of flights were canceled. The airport urged passengers to contact their airline to confirm the status of their flights.
