By Jack Robinson

WESTPORT–The rain and wind that pelted the streets of Westport beginning Sunday afternoon, into this morning has abated. 

Trees that fell, causing the closings of North Ave. and Weston Road overnight have been cleaned up. 

NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, warned of “winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph,” NOAA reported. “[…] Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.”

As of Monday morning, there have been a handful of outages reported on the Eversource outage map.

As the rain continued into Monday and kept impeding traffic, many Staples  students believed that there would be a delayed opening or a day off, especially considering that many

Connecticut schools have off for Indigenous People’s Day. However, school hours ran as usual on Monday.

“This morning it was super intense when I was driving to school, I was surprised we didn’t have school off,” Staples student Lila Boroujerdi said.

NOAA predicts for the storm to begin dying down Monday evening, as wind speeds have already slowed between Sunday and Monday. Much of their reporting, brought by NWR (NOAA Weather Radio) predicts storm conditions to lessen, but Westport is not entirely out of the Nor’easter yet.

“[The storm will continue] to bring heavy rain, coastal flooding, high surf, dangerous rip currents, and gusty winds to the East Coast into early Tuesday.”