This picture supplied by Beacon Hose Co. No. 1, a fireplace station in Beacon Falls, Connecticut, reveals members of Beacon Hose Co. rescuing folks from the Brookside Inn in Oxford, Connecticut, on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. Two ladies died after they had been swept away throughout “historic” flooding within the northeast US state of Connecticut, native officers stated Monday. (Beacon Hose Co by way of Related Press)
NEW YORK — Two ladies died after they had been swept away throughout “historic” flooding within the northeast US state of Connecticut, native officers stated Monday.
The ladies had been inside separate automobiles Sunday that grew to become caught in flood waters within the city of Oxford, Connecticut situated about 35 miles (55 kilometers) southwest of state capital Hartford.
“At this tough time, our ideas are with the household of the deceased,” Connecticut State Police Colonel Daniel Loughman stated at a Monday information convention.
State police later recognized the victims as 65-year-old Ethelyn Joiner and 71-year-old Audrey Rostkowski, each residents of Oxford, in line with native media studies.
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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont stated in a press release Sunday night that over 100 folks had been rescued from unsafe circumstances as a result of flooding.
“We’re speaking about rainfall, in some areas, within the thousand-year degree,” stated Brenda Bergeron, the deputy commissioner of Connecticut’s Division of Emergency Companies and Public Safety.
“It’s actually historic, unprecedented flooding.”
Harm from flood waters is proven on Cottage Avenue in Monroe, Connecticut, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut Media by way of Related Press)
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By Monday morning, as much as a foot (30 centimeters) of rainfall had been reported in a number of cities in western Connecticut, in line with information from the Nationwide Climate Service.
Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal referred to as the devastation “gut-churning, not simply to the bodily infrastructure… but in addition to small companies who’ve suffered harm they can’t get better.”
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