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 ...
When visiting La Plata, Maryland, it's hard to imagine that much of the town was leveled by a tornado 20 years ago. "We just went through a tornado and we're sitting in a building and there's ...
LA PLATA, Md. (WJZ) --On this day 20 years ago, one of the most powerful tornadoes to ever hit the Mid-Atlantic carved a 64-mile path across southern Maryland. "You wouldn't recognize this town if you ...
The National Weather Service announced yesterday that the April 28 tornado that claimed five lives in and around La Plata was an F4 on the Fujita Damage Scale, and not an F5 as preliminary assessments ...
Home for Deborah McClain and husband Wayne Barnes was once a modest, rented townhouse in a safe La Plata neighborhood, a short walk from her job and close to schools for their six children. But since ...