LA PLATA, Md. — On a Sunday evening in late April 2002, a deadly supercell storm tore across the DMV, killing five people and causing millions of dollars worth of damage. Twenty-three years ago, the ...

A very strong thunderstorm moved out of Shenandoah County, Virginia that Sunday afternoon and that cell created a half-mile wide tornado that hit Charles County, traveling 24 miles through the region.

When Bob Rhode arrived in La Plata from Ocean City with the first out-of-town cleanup crew the morning after the April 28 tornado, devastation haunted the town. Downed trees, flattened buildings and ...

April 28 marks 20 years since one of the state’s deadliest tornadoes hit Maryland. It was just after 7 p.m. April 28, 2002, a F4 tornado hit LaPlata in Charles County. Three people died, 122 people ...

EVER HIT MARYLAND. YEAH, IT WAS A STORM THAT STARTED OUT WEST. AND AS IT TRACKED THIS WAY TOWARDS SOUTHERN MARYLAND, IT JUST INCREASED IN INTENSITY. AND WE SAW THIS DAMAGE THERE. AND WE’LL SEE A ...

The loss of property was estimated to be more than $100 million.<P> In La Plata, the storm caused more than $5.35 million in property damage, Hale said.<P> The tornado that hit Yazoo City cut a ...

Meteorologist Chris Strong of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration talked to students at Walter J. Mitchell Elementary School in La Plata recently about severe weather to kick off a ...

A vision of the future is propped up on an easel in La Plata's Town Hall. It's an artist's rendering of a leafy town square, several new tree-lined boulevards, a network of convenient sidewalks ...