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Updated: Monday, 29 Oct 2012, 10:42 AM EDT
Published : Monday, 29 Oct 2012, 10:42 AM EDT

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- Gov. Dannel Malloy said state highways will close at 1:00 p.m. to all non-essential cars. Trucks will be banned from limited access highways at 11:00 a.m.

“Beginning in the next several hours, wind gusts will begin to exceed 50 m.p.h., making traveling along our roads – especially wooded areas like the Merritt Parkway – very dangerous," the governor said in a statement.

LINK: Governor's road closure order (.pdf)

"We’re doing this in two phases, so that trucks will first be prohibited and then all non-emergency vehicles.

"If you’re in a non-evacuation area, stay home.”

Mark Davis talks more about the vehicle ban in the video above.