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Tuesday, Dec. 21 marks the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in terms of combined sunlight and the official beginning of the winter season.

A powerful storm system is blowing through the Great Plains and Midwest, combining with unusually warm temperatures to close highways and prompt numerous tornado warnings.

Days of heavy rainfall and high winds Monday coming from a powerful atmospheric river in Washington caused extensive flooding and mudslides.

There were four tornadoes in Connecticut on Saturday and they caused damage in Pawcatuck, Cheshire, Branford, Plainfield and the Pawcatuck section of Stonington.

Severe storms made their way across Connecticut this weekend and dozens of people are still left with clean-up.

The National Weather Service has confirmed that four separate tornadoes hit Connecticut Saturday afternoon. An EF-1 tornado passed through Pawcatuck and EF-0 tornadoes passed through Cheshire, Branford, and Plainfield, the NWS said. NWS officials said an EF-1 tornado, with sustained winds of up to 90 mph, started in the Pawcatuck section of Stonington and ended in Westerly, Rhode Island. The…

Three tornadoes likely touched down in Connecticut on Saturday as severe weather moved through the state.

Experts call it “warning fatigue,” and no one can be sure what role it might have played in a tragedy that killed at least 49 people when the remnants of Hurricane Ida swept through the northeast

Starting Monday, the National Weather Service will add new “damaging threat” categories when severe thunderstorm warnings are issued

The National Weather Service said an EF-0 tornado touched down in Somers Sunday evening.

The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado did in fact touch down in Kent during Wednesday’s storm at approximately 2:49 p.m. The tornado started at Bulls Bridge in Litchfield County and ended in South Kent, the NWS said. The tornado was an EF-0, reaching estimated peak wind gusts of 85 mph. The damage was sporadic along the...

A team from the National Weather Service came to Litchfield County Thursday and toured Sharon and Kent to determine whether a tornado touched down Wednesday. In addition to visiting in person, the National Weather Service also looks at videos from storm watchers and residents in the area of the tornado warning, like the one issued in Litchfield County Wednesday. None…

A team from the National Weather Service is headed to Litchfield County this morning to determine whether a tornado touched down Wednesday. They will be in Sharon and Kent.

Severe thunderstorms moved through Connecticut on Wednesday afternoon and brought down some trees and power lines.

The National Weather Service in Seattle says burning debris from a rocket lit up Pacific Northwest skies Thursday night

Wintertime ice can certainly be a pain for drivers and joggers, but it can also be quite stunning at times. In recent days, fascinating ice formations have been popping up in the Midwest, and they’ve been captivating local onlookers and the Twitter community alike. The breathtaking phenomenon is called rime ice and it looks a lot different than the...

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island erupted on Sunday night. 

People are lining up to try to get a look at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on the Big Island, which erupted Sunday night and spewed ash and steam into the atmosphere

Two unusual weather phenomena combined to create some of the most destructive wildfires the West Coast states have seen in modern times.