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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...

People in North Haven spent Friday cleaning up debris and talking about what they experienced as Thursday’s probable tornado moved through.

Hamden was hit by winds close to 100 mph. Quinnipiac had to cancel classes Friday while crews work to clear the damage and restore damage.

Branford residents face clean up challenges after tornado.

Parts of Westport were still in the dark Tuesday as the cleanup continued a full week after Tropical Storm Isaias.

Westport residents who are stuck on one blocked street are growing impatient. They say they’re trapped by a home torn apart by a possible tornado, its roof wrapped in powerlines on the road. “It is a safety issue if there is a fire, if there is an emergency there are people with young children, infants,” said Polly Litner who...

People spotted a funnel cloud in Westport on Tuesday and now the National Weather Service is investigating.

An EF-0 tornado with a 0.3-mile path emerged in Sharon and an EF-1 tornado with a 1.7-mile path emerged in Falls Village on Sunday, the NWS confirms.

DroneRanger flew above Falls Village and video shows the storm damage after a tornado.

The National Weather Service says there were multiple reports of tornado sightings reported to the 911 center in Falls Village.

Behind every tornado is a weather phenom known as a supercell. Here’s a quick primer on what supercells are, what they look like and what causes them.