tornado

Forecasters say much of the South could see more severe weather Tuesday. Tornadoes struck parts of the region Sunday night and Monday, causing heavy damage in Mississippi and flipping trucks on a Texas interstate. The national Storm Prediction Center says the worst weather could hit parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. That zone is home to more than...

One of the victims died when a falling tree brought power lines onto his vehicle.

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...

Stunned residents are picking through rubble and communities are banding together to rebuild after tornadoes tore a swath of destruction across the Deep South

Storms that left splintered homes and broken trees across Alabama and Mississippi have moved into Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas

Video from Wednesday shows what appears to be a tornado crossing US-82 near Billingsley, Alabama.

A deadly winter storm moving across much of the United States left millions without power and brought a round of severe storms, possibly a tornado, to North Carolina.

One person is dead after a tornado tore through an Alabama city north of Birmingham Monday night, leaving the area with crumpled buildings and downed trees.

Two tornado warnings were issued Sunday night for Fairfield County as a strong line of storms moved into Connecticut.

A group of volunteers are helping New Haven residents that were impacted by recent storms and a tornado less than two weeks ago. Volunteers for veteran-led disaster response organization Team Rubicon are clearing downed trees, surveying sites and removing debris, the organization said. The group is also sawing up trees and hauling debris from residents’ yards, they added. “This area…

“My wife’s car is totaled, both of my neighbor’s cars are totaled,” explained Ron Annatone, looking around Appletree Lane in North Haven, where few homes were spared from tornado damage.  “I have days and days’ worth of branches. I’m too old for this,” he chuckled as he showed NBC Connecticut the tree limb through is shed and branches across...

Few homes were spared from tornado damage on Appletree Lane in North Haven.

“There was a tree in my house. It broke through the roof and took out the sheetrock, all of the insulation was falling down,” explained John Mastriano, who was shocked to see the damage following Thursday’s Tornado. Mastriano told NBC Connecticut that you could see the sky through the ceiling of his Paradise Avenue home. He tried for three...

Some shoreline towns are still continuing to clean up following the touch down of last week’s tornado and strong storms.

A survey conducted by the Albany National Weather Service has confirmed that a second tornado touched down in Connecticut during Thursday’s storms. Preliminary results from the survey showed that an EF-0 tornado touched down in Kent and was on the ground for a 1/2 mile. The width of the tornado was 75 yards, according the survey team. The tornado was…

Bethany residents talk about the damage they saw caused by a tornado.

An EF-1 tornado touched down and moved from Bethany to North Haven Thursday, the National Weather Service confirmed Friday. Chief Meteorologist Ryan Hanrahan reported radar confirmation of a tornado Thursday. On Friday NWS surveyed the damage and determined an EF-1 tornado, with wind speeds of up to 110 mph, touched town between 3:53 p.m. and 4:03 p.m. It moved 11.1…

Bethany, which was hit by an EF-1 tornado Thursday, was also hit by a tornado in 2018.

On Friday, the town of Hamden was once again cleaning up after a tornado. “We try to take care of the urgent stuff, you know like trees on houses, trees blocking driveways, just try to get people out and accessing their homes safe,” said Mayson Boyhen, CEO of Boyhen Property Services, a tree service company that’s been busy the...