Thunderstorms have caused damaged in select parts of the state, particularly Fairfield County.
Severe thunderstorm warnings Litchfield and Fairfield counties expired at 3:45 p.m. and 5 p.m., respectively.
There are also severe thunderstorm watches statewide untill 9 p.m.
Lightning struck a church steeple on Martin Luther King Drive in Norwalk before it caught fire. Norwalk firefighters responded to extinguish the flames coming from the steeple.
Norwalk also canceled its Oyster Festival scheduled for Saturday night due to the storms.People who bought a ticket for Saturday can use them for entry to the festival on Sunday, according to the Norwalk Seaport Association.
Trees and wires are down throughout town in Fairfield, all railroad underpasses have flooded and several roads are closed, the Fairfield Police Department tweeted just after 4 p.m. Saturday. The department cautions motorists to drive carefully and to avoid crossing the flooded railroad underpasses.
About 2,343 people in Torrington were without power as of 4:31 p.m. and by 6:11 p.m. it was down to 91, according to the Connecticut Light & Power outage map. CL&P said that the power outages and downed wires in the area are likely weather-related.
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The mixture of the present heat and humidity and a cold front moving in could create stronger storms in western Connecticut up to 8 p.m., according to NBC Connecticut First Alert Meteorologist Monica Cryan.
The thunderstorm threat will last through the evening, NBC Connecticut First Alert Meteorologist Darren Sweeney said. Storms could bring heavy rain, posing a flooding risk, as well as small hail and damaging winds, he said.
Hot weather is also expected on Sunday, between 75 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit, but the humidity will likely drop.
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