OXFORD, Connecticut — Parts of southwestern Connecticut were hit by severe flooding after as much as 10 inches (25.4 centimeters) of rain fell, killing at least one person, authorities said.
Oxford Fire Chief Scott Pellitier told the New Haven Register on Monday that firefighters recovered the body of a woman who disappeared during Sunday’s storm.
According to him, emergency services were still searching for a second woman who had been washed away when firefighters tried to rescue her.
Firefighters used a cherry picker to rescue more than a dozen people from a restaurant in Oxford.
As much as 10 inches (25.4 centimeters) of rain fell in parts of Connecticut, and a second storm hit Suffolk County on Long Island in New York State overnight, according to James Tomasini, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
The weather service has issued a flash flood warning for parts of Fairfield, New Haven, Litchfield and Hartford counties. emergency management services said on the social platform X.
Weather officials say the flooding has nothing to do with weather conditions. Hurricane Ernesto, which raged over the open Atlantic Ocean on Monday but was still expected to produce powerful waves, dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast.