Two people are dead in Connecticut after catastrophic flooding destroyed roads and bridges and trapped terrified residents as rapidly rising water cut off escape routes.
"Yesterday was a pretty devastating day here in Connecticut," Connecticut State Emergency Management Director William Turner said. "There was initially two reported individuals missing in Oxford that were swept away after their vehicle became stranded."Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont later confirmed the body of the second person was recovered on Monday. Both women were Oxford residents and pulled from the Little River, according to officials.
Naugatuck Mayor Pete Hess announced that he, too, declared a local state of emergency due to the flooding."Just because the rain stopped for a little while, this doesn’t mean that you can go drive around," Hess said in a Facebook post. "Many roads are closed. Other roads are impassible. Do not go out and drive.
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