Connecticut
Timeline For Storms, Significant Flooding Today Released, Debby's Impacts Rise
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT — A flood watch is in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning as heavy rain and storms “could lead to flash flooding concerns,” according to the National Weather Service.
Additionally, the remnants of Debby “could lead to a moderate to high impact event across the area” from Thursday through Saturday, the weather service said.
The weather service said 1–2 inches of rain is forecast on Tuesday afternoon and through Wednesday morning, but some areas may see up to 5 inches of rain by Wednesday morning.
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“Flooding could be locally significant, causing major disruptions to transportation, flooding basements, first floors of residences and businesses, underground infrastructure, and posing an elevated threat to life,” the weather service shared in a statement.
“Risk for isolated strong to severe thunderstorms primarily with strong to damaging winds gusts this afternoon and evening,” the weather service added.
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“There is high confidence in bands of heavy downpours and thunderstorms developing in the vicinity of the Tri-State area along a stalling frontal boundary this (afternoon) into tonight, most likely focused on southern portions of the area, but there is still some uncertainty regarding location,” the weather service shared in a morning briefing.
“While heavy rainfall is likely this afternoon into tonight along a stalled frontal boundary, the front, along with the heaviest rainfall, is expected to shift south Wednesday morning. Confidence is only moderate with this timing,” the weather service added.
As of now, Debby is forecast to bring more rain and thunderstorms to southern Connecticut from Thursday through Saturday, before nicer weather is expected on Sunday. Specific impacts have not been released, but will be shared later in the week as the remnants of the storm move closer to the area.
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Here is the updated forecast details for coastal sections of southern Connecticut:
Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 82. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 64. East wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Wednesday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then showers likely between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 72. Northeast wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. East wind around 11 mph.
Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 77. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Here is the updated forecast details for inland sections of southern Connecticut:
Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 62. Northeast wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. East wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 75. Chance of precipitation is 80%
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Everyone needs a place to live. That is something not seriously debated or disputed by Connecticut policymakers.
What was debated, disputed-–and in the end, discarded–- is the idea that the places people live should not be suddenly, and without justification, taken away from them.
“Just Cause” eviction protections, which prevent landlords removing a tenant without cause, already exist for seniors (age 62 and up) and people with disabilities in this state. Five states, including our neighbors in New Hampshire and New Jersey, already require landlords to give a reason for evicting any tenant. Importantly, the bill would have only applied to properties with five or more units and would not have affected small local landlords.
Why couldn’t Connecticut, facing our own growing crisis with housing and homelessness, take this step to provide stability for families–who already face spiraling rental costs–and prevent price-gouging practices by unscrupulous landlords?
State Rep. Antonio Felipe told the CT Mirror last month that he believed “we have the votes.” But somehow, the vote never happened. According to Felipe, that’s because too many lawmakers were afraid to be “public” with their support of “Just Cause.”
Protecting Connecticut families from arbitrary evictions should not be something legislators on either side of the political spectrum shrink from. The idea that a tenant who pays rent on time and follows all the rules should keep their living space cannot be controversial. Opponents to this measure, led by deep-pocketed landlords, claimed counter-intuitively (and bizarrely) that these measures would worsen the housing crisis by disincentivizing landlords from maintaining properties, leading (somehow) to a decrease in housing units.
Connecticut’s housing crisis is finally being acknowledged broadly, with a huge dearth of affordable places to live and high costs squeezing families in nearly every town. But it is vital to remember this crisis is not about properties, it is about people.
While building more living spaces remains essential, we cannot expect renters (largely young people) to thrive in our state under the constant threat of being forced from their homes. Career prospects, school performance, community connections -–all hinge on a stable living space. It would be deeply misguided, and dangerous, to continue working on other aspects of the housing crisis without shoring up the foundation.
A former Aghan interpreter living here in Connecticut has been taken away by immigration agents.
That’s according to the man’s attorney, who says he was here legally with his wife and children.
“So my reaction – horror. Fury,” Maggie Mitchell Salem, of Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, said.
That concern follows what reportedly happened at the Citizenship and Immigration Service office in East Hartford on Wednesday.
Attorney Lauren Cundick Petersen said the man – identified as Zia – went there as part of the process to get a green card for him and his family based on his service as an interpreter for U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
That’s when she said he was surrounded by immigration agents and taken away to a facility in Massachusetts.
“He’s been in combat situations. He’s been in a war-torn country. This is the kind of thing that I think he thought he totally left behind. You know, people in balaclava shoving you into a van, carrying weapons, right?” Petersen said.
Petersen said on Thursday, a court issued an emergency order that he cannot be removed from the country for now.
And a hearing in a couple of weeks is expected for the government to explain its actions.
If he were to be deported, it’s not certain where he’d go.
Petersen said Zia came here legally last year and lives in the New Haven area with his wife and five children.
The family had received support from the New Haven-based Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, or IRIS.
“I can’t even imagine being in their shoes right now. And then the fear that they must have if he can be picked up like this what about the rest of the family? What about others?” Maggie Mitchell Salem, of IRIS, said.
IRIS saic there are hundreds of people – potentially thousands, including families – who have resettled in Connecticut from Afghanistan.
And they are concerned about how many others might be in jeopardy after a Trump administrative order takes a closer look at those who have entered the country since January 2021.
We reached out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for comment but have not yet heard back.
A duck was rescued after falling over a waterfall, on Thursday afternoon in Beacon Falls.
Beacon Hose Co. No. 1 received a call from a resident saying they saw a duck trip over the waterfall that connects to the Naugatuck River.
The duck ended up in a pipe.
Two lieutenants climbed down and were able to bring the duck back to land.
They safely brought it back to its pond nearby.
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