FirstLight Emphasizes Safety and Awareness Amidst Flash Flood Watch

New Milford, CT – July 8, 2025 – With anticipated extreme weather and a flash flood watch issued for Connecticut, FirstLight, a leading clean power producer, developer, and energy storage company, urges caution and awareness to those who live, visit, and recreate on and around the Housatonic River.

Heavy rainfall often brings high water levels and heightened river flows on the Housatonic River, causing flooding in low-lying areas, particularly in Lower Housatonic communities. FirstLight urges vigilance as high-water levels and elevated flow rates are extremely dangerous, and the public should avoid the river during periods of heightened flows until river conditions return to normal. When resuming recreation activities on the river, we urge the public to exercise care and caution as extreme weather events can result in increased debris in the water and disrupt existing public safety devices such as boat barrier buoys.

To support the Lower Housatonic community’s need to anticipate and respond to high flows that could potentially bring flooding, FirstLight launched a flood notification system for communities downstream of the Stevenson Dam, which issues emergency notifications when flows exceed a certain threshold and flooding is possible. Learn more and sign up for the Housatonic River Flood Notification System.

For those interested in monitoring flows on the Housatonic River, the United States Geological Survey has a helpful resource – it can be accessed here.

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