today's Featured List/February 10, 2014

Image of a house destroyed by the Wallingford Tornado of 1878

state">state of Connecticut, resulting in at least 48 deaths, 780 injuries, and more than $500 million in damage. Connecticut is not typically known to fall casualty to tornadoes, but, as with most of the northeastern United States, the number of tornadoes peaks in the summer months, normally in July or August. Hartford County has had the most tornadoes in the state, although Litchfield County has reported the most tornadoes since 1950. Several areas have been struck more than once, and Waterbury has been struck by no less than four tornadoes since 1955. Although Connecticut tornadoes are typically weak, isolated events can be violent. Three tornadoes of F4 intensity have affected the state in its history, as well as at least 27 tornadoes of F2 intensity or greater. The 1878 Wallingford tornado (aftermath pictured) killed at least 29 and likely 34 people in Wallingford, the most by any tornado event in Connecticut history. (Full list...)