Gov. Ned Lamont says the National Guard has been activated to help clear trees and wires, and Eversource officials say they are doubling crews in 24 hours.

- Gov. Ned Lamont says he's been pushing for people to stay at home to work - and now 700,000 people are without power.

- He says he went to Eversource to give it a sense of urgency, and that the utility has restored power to 200,000 customers.

- Lamont says Eversource has invested tens of millions into its response following Superstorm Sandy, but that this has still one of the worst outages in state history.

- He says the Connecticut National Guard has been activated to help clear downed trees and wires.

- Lamont says that Eversource plans to double the amount of crews out within the next 24 hours.

- Officials from Eversource say that there are 450 power restoration crews currently working.

- Lamont says hospitals and nursing homes are a priority in terms of power restoration.