Rare tornado hits Bear area, causing limited damage

Why Should Delaware Care? Tornadoes are particularly rare, especially in northern New Castle County were one touched down Thursday.

Lori Seaman said storm warnings have become so frequent that she barely gives them pause anymore — but she will now after a rare New Castle County tornado potentially struck her home Thursday.

Seaman, who lives in the Salem Woods community off Old Baltimore Pike in the Bear area, was at home when she noticed the skies getting dark.

When she heard the wind begin to pick up and the rain begin the pelt her home, she figured the day’s storm had arrived.