island. brian, officials there expecting major power outages in connecticut today. give us a sense of how things are in the moment. it seems windier right now than it did earlier when we checked in with you. >> reporter: that's right, boris. that wind that allison was talking about, a short time ago we got pounded by one of the bands of rain. a little bit of a lull in the rain now. we know it's coming back and it will come back with some force in the coming hours. now that we have the light of day out here i can show you a little bit more of the situation here and what is raising the concern in the low-lying areas like here and in new london across the thames river over there. now, over here you have a seawall by this home here. this is a seawall of 4, 5 feet high. it remains to be seen if it will be able to keep back the storm surge and the high tide in the o coming hours. but then you have a situation like over here. this is an area they call the concrete beach here in groton. our photojournalist is going to