Photos by D. DelBiondo
Old Lyme has sustained numerous incidents of structural damage from falling trees and power lines during Tropical Storm Sandy. Eighty-four per cent of homes are currently without power.
Saltaire Drive
At 9 p.m. last night, Governor Malloy upgraded the storm assessment from a Category 3 Flooding Event to a Category 4.
Old Lyme Emerergency personnel were going door-to-door last night checking on people’s safety – thank you for your service!
There are numerous road blockages caused by downed trees and/or power lines. See the list below for specific road blockages. This is a preliminary assessment only. The Old Lyme Emergency Operations Center will issue updates as available.
There have been no reported deaths.
Tidal water submerged seaside roads, including Hartford and Swan Avenues up to Bocce Lane, West End Avenue up to the tennis courts and the lower end of Ferry Road at the Department of Environmental Protection. At high tide, McCurdy Road was inundated at the Duck River Bridge and Mile Creek Road was inundated at the Black Hall River Bridge.
There have been no reported deaths.
List of Road Blockages
Rogers Lake Trail
Saunders Hollow Road
Boston Post Road – numerous locations
Sill Lane
Lyme Street
Shore Road
Flat Rock Hill Road
Mile Creek Road
McCurdy Road
Buttonball Road
Brown’s Lane
Report power outages to CL&P:
Telephone: Call 800-286-2000
Online: WWW.CL-P.COM
Click on Storm Center on the left hand menu.
Click on Report an Outage.