WESTPORT — As rain ebbed and blustery wind waned Monday morning, a tidal surge driven by a winter storm’s earlier gale-force gusts and hours-long precipitation left the town’s low-lying neighborhoods awash in misery.
Flooded streets in the Saugatuck area and other coastal sections were impassable as the morning’s 10:40 a.m. high tide approached, with waters given an extra lunar tug by today’s full “Wolf” moon.
Scattered power outages also persisted, with Eversource reporting at 10 a.m. that 63 of its 12,678 Westport customers had no electric service.
Flooding in low-lying areas had been predicted by the National Weather Service in advance of the winter storm, which struck overnight — first, leaving a wet blanket of snow that later was washed away by rain throughout early-morning hours.
The NWS “Coastal Flood Warning” remains in effect until 1 p.m. today, according to the latest forecast.
Sporadic showers may fall throughout the day, and snow showers are possible this afternoon, the weather service predicts.
Strong winds have subsided, but the NWS says it received reports of gusts as high as 53 mph in Fairfield and 68 mph in Greenwich early this morning.
Today’s temperatures, in sharp contrast to frigid single-digit readings over the weekend, are expected to rise to an unseasonably warm high in the mid-40s.
Tomorrow should be mostly sunny, according to the NWS, but temperatures are expected to rise only to the low-30s.
By Wednesday, however, Fahrenheit readings are likely to rise again to mid-40s.
All those people driving through salt water, yikes!
All those people driving through salt water, poor cars!
BOTTOM LINE, = DON’T MES WITH MOTHER NATURE.