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COLEBROOK, CT (WFSB) – The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in northern Litchfield County Thursday. The tornado started at 6:35 p.m. in Norfolk about 2 miles south of Dennis Hill State Park, the NWS said. The NWS said it ended around 6:50 p.m. in Colebrook. It had a maximum width of 300 yards and traveled for 5 miles with peak wind speeds of 75 m.p.h., said the NWS. The NWS rated it as an EF-0 tornado. Nobody was injured. The tornado caused fallen trees and broken branches. State troopers said they got reports of heavy winds and trees down in the area of Millbrook Road and Route 44, at the Winsted line. There were no road closures. News Business Education Science & Tech Food Health Entertainment Lifestyle Sports Livingway Business & Finance Computers & IT Business Economics General News Marketing Advertising Trade Accounting Business Travel Consumer issues Athletics Basketball Boating & Marine Boxing Cricket Multicultur...

After the region was hit with torrential rains Monday and Tuesday, a second round of storms Thursday exacerbated conditions even further for her and many in the city.”My house has never, ever flooded. Never got water in it. This is the first time ever,” Shellert told CNN affiliate KMOV. “All my floors are ruined, furniture’s ruined, all appliances are ruined.” The distressing flooding striking her and her neighbors comes as storms slammed the St. Louis area Thursday, submerging part of the city in 7 feet of floodwaters and trapping some residents in their homes, officials said. St. Louis was drenched with more than 9 inches of rain from late Monday into Tuesday, outdoing the city’s highest 24-hour rainfall total on record of 7.02 inches in 1915, according to the National Weather Service. Areas around St. Louis saw about 6 to 10 inches of rain in a six hour span from Monday into Tuesday, the weather service said. The flash flooding caused multiple road closures on several interstates, o...