CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — Connecticut is continuing to find ways to help hurricane victims in the South, and with another destructive storm heading towards Florida, those efforts are not slowing down.
Couple from Hartford begins journey home from Orlando as Hurricane Milton approaches
2 Norwich Public Utilities (NPU) crews are providing much needed mutual aid. The NPU linemen and a supervisor encountered the destruction when they arrived in the North Carolina/Georgia area last week in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
“It’s restoration work following a major storm so there will be broken poles, downed wires, transformers that need to be replaced or reinstalled,” Norwich Public Utilities Spokesperson Chris Riley said.
That first crew returned home on Saturday. On Sunday, another crew answered the call for help sent out by the Orlando Utility Commission (OUC), which is anticipating widespread power outages after Milton makes landfall. OUC serves more than 240,000 customers.
“We …