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Conn. (WFSB) - Rain has been pouring down on people all day in Litchfield, Fairfield and New Haven counties. The flooding has caused the Housatonic River to swell. “Really torrential water coming down so I figured I’d come over to take a look,” said Alan Nelson, who came to watch the river.

A coastal storm is forecasted to bring significant rainfall to western and central Connecticut today. Fairfield, New Haven, and Litchfield counties have flood watches in place until Saturday morning. The storm is advancing slowly from the south, with Fairfield county currently experiencing the most intense rainfall. The National Weather Service has issued Flash Flood Warnings for western Long Island and New York City, and Fairfield county may also receive a warning soon.

When a secluded country estate in Connecticut’s historic Litchfield County sold in 2004 for $4.75 million, it marked the highest amount ever paid for a home in the tiny town of Roxbury, a bucolic and affluent area about 60 miles outside of Manhattan that’s long been a favorite getaway among media and entertainment industry movers and shakers. Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, Gay Talese, William Styron, Stephen Sondheim, Frank McCourt, Dustin Hoffman, Graydon Carter, and Candace Bushnell have all at one time or another lived in the rolling hills around Roxbury.Frank Lloyd Wright's Frederick C. Bogk House Just Hit the...

Instruction: Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become unstable and unsafe. Please report flooding to the National Weather Service by email at ALB.stormreport@noaa.gov... On Facebook at www.facebook.com/nwsalbany or twitter @nwsalbany.

Thomaston Savings Bank awarded 92 grants totalling nearly $200,000 to nonprofit and government agencies in Litchfield County. The grants are part of the Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Grant Cycle. The bank created the foundation in 1997 to distribute funds annually to a variety of local programs. Grants are awarded in...

After warm and sunny weather Thursday, Connecticut is expected to get heavy rain on Friday and Saturday, the National Weather Service says. "Heavy rainfall likely with potential of scattered to numerous areas of flash flooding late tonight into Fri night. Flood Watch is in effect for much of the area during this time," it said.

The incident took place in Litchfield County around 2:20 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 22 in New Milford on Danbury Road (Route 7) in front of Italia Mia restaurant. An investigation found that a 2006 Infiniti G35 was traveling north on Route 7 in the right lane and a 2022 Hyundai Tucson was attempting to turn left into Italia Mia from the left southbound lane, said Lt. Lee Grabner of the New Milford Police.

Litchfield County resident Bamm Oh, aka, Paul Bamm Oh, age 45, of Torrington, was scooped up on Thursday, Sept. 21, for the New Haven County robbery of the Devon Branch of the Milford Bank in Milford. According to Milford Police, Oh walked into the bank and handed the teller a...