Thousands of power outages are reported across Connecticut as a result of Sunday night's storms and some schools are on a two-hour delay on Monday.
As of 6:45 a.m., Eversource is reporting over 19,000 power outages. Darien, Newtown, and Norwalk are among the hardest-hit areas. At one point, Eversource reported more than 36,000 power outages.
United Illuminating is reporting a little over 200 outages on Monday morning. Right after the storm on Sunday night, UI reported roughly 4,800 outages.
Multiple school districts have delays on Monday due to damage and power outages from Sunday night's storm.
Bethel Public Schools have a two-hour delay on Monday because of the number of trees down blocking roads in town.
"We need a two-hour delay to determine power outages for our distance learners and safe bus routes because wires may be down, causing unsafe situations," the district said.
Litchfield Public Schools is also operating on a two-hour delay schedule as the town addresses multiple power outages. The district said it plans to give an update if power cannot be restored by 7:30 a.m.
New Canaan Country Day School in New Canaan has a two-hour delay.
There's also a two-hour delay for students at Newtown Public Schools and at Housatonic Valley Waldorf School in Newtown.
Cities and Towns Report Storm Damage
Sunday night's storm brought down the Holiday Tree on the New Haven Green and some of the branches are cracked. City workers set up cones around the tree as a precaution until the Dept. of Public Works can decide what the next steps are.

Sunday night's storm took down trees and power lines in Avon.
Eversource crews and firefighters in Avon rescued a person trapped in a car that was snagged by wires. The incident happened on Lovely Street. Crews at the scene told us the person who was trapped is doing okay.

A tree and wires fell down on a car in Avon.
Many lights were out on Route 44 in Avon, one of the main roads in town.

Trees and wires down at the intersection of Route 44 and Climax Road in Avon.
Sunday's storm brought down several trees and power lines across the state.
- Bethlehem: Route 132 at Woodland Road - tree down in wires
- Durham: Route 17 at School House Road - tree down in the road
- Southington: Route 10 at Cheshire Road & Norton Street - tree and wires down in road
- Stafford: Route 190 at Crooked S Road - tree in the roadway
- Watertown: Route 6 at Guernseytown Road - downed tree with wires.
Rain was coming down hard in West Hartford during Sunday night's storm.

There was a Tornado Warning in effect for parts of Fairfield County. There were also several Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in effect throughout the state. All have since expired.
There were reports of strong wind gusts of up to 76 mph in Greenwich. Bridgeport saw wind gusts of up to 61 mph.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch was issued for the entire state through 2 a.m. It has since expired.
The peak of the highest wind gusts arrived between 8 and 11 p.m.
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