9 P.M. Update: Power Restored to Nearly All Durham, Middlefield Customers

9 p.m. Update

Connecticut Light and Power crews have restored electricity to all but a few customers in Durham and Middlefield.

As of 9 p.m. Thursday, six customers in Durham and five in Middlefield were still waiting to get the lights back on.

The overnight forecast is calling for wind gusts between 30-35 mph, so there is the possibility of more outages.

6 p.m. Update

284 CL&P customers in Durham are still without power as of 6 p.m. Thursday, according to the company's outage map.

Durham Emergency Management Director Francis Willett says power crews continue to work on restoring power in the north and south ends of town where the outages are highest.

There are 42 outages in Middlefield, according to CL&P.

Crews will work through the evening and overnight if necessary, Willett said.

Durham Town Hall, Durham Public Library and the Durham Activity Center will be open Friday as warming shelters.

All schools in Durham and Middlefield are open Friday.

Original story

Connecticut Light and Power crews are working to restore power to nearly 500 customers in Durham and Middlefield.

As of 1 p.m. Thursday, 349 homes in Durham were without electricity as a result of damaging winds that knocked trees and limbs onto power lines early this morning.

The bulk of the outages are in the Haddam Quarter Road area, according to officials who are hopeful that power will be restored by Thursday evening when temperatures are expected to drop significantly.

In Middlefield, workers spent the morning clearning a downed tree down that fell across Route 147. 

125 customers in the town still did not have power by 1 p.m.

Power has been restored to John Lyman Elementary School which was closed Thursday due to the outages. All other schools in the two towns were on a two hour delay.

Homeowners with prolonged power outages are urged to call CL&P at 1-800-286-2000. If you have further concerns you can call the town's non-emergency storm hotline at 860-343-6735 and leave a detailed message.