Connecticut
Connecticut Deluged by '1,000-Year' Rain
The technical definition for a 1,000-year rain event is one that has 0.1% probability of occurring in a given year, explains the Washington Post. On Sunday, multiple places in Connecticut experienced the not-so-technical reality of that. A swath of western Connecticut qualified with 3.5 inches in a single hour, tweeted one meteorologist. Another tweeted the threshold was broached in Shelton. The towns of Oxford and Southbury, meanwhile, received more than 10 inches of rain, making it “close” to the mark, per NBC Connecticut.
Flash flood warnings were in effect from the National Weather Service in several areas, including Fairfield, New Haven, Litchfield, and Hartford counties. Water rescue operations also were taking place, and CT Insider reports that two people remain missing after being swept into the Little River in the town of Oxford. Sunday’s heavy rains are unrelated to the effects of Hurricane Ernesto, reports the AP. The flood warnings also were posted for southeastern New York and for areas in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. (More Connecticut stories.)
Naugatuck Police say one person has been arrested after a multi-car accident on Route 63 Saturday afternoon.
According to police, they responded to the area of Route 63 and Cherry Street around 1 p.m. for reports of a collision with injuries.
They say a 30-year-old man from Waterbury was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of drugs/alcohol, operating under the influence with a child passenger, illegal possession of prescription drugs, failure to keep narcotics in the original container, risk of injury to a child and distracted driving.
Police say he is being held on a $10,000 Surety Bond.
This is all the information at this time.
BURLINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman is dead after police said she was involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Friday in Burlington.
According to Connecticut State Police, a Toyota RAV4 and Peterbuilt 386 tractor-trailer collided head-on on Route 4 near Punch Brook Road at around 4:49 p.m. on Friday.
The driver of the Toyota, identified as 64-year-old Mary Christine Ferland of Burlington, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, according to state police. No one else was in either vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash is still under investigation by state police, anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Brew at 860-626-7900.
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