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The 2002 La Plata tornado was an extremely powerful and fast-moving multi-vortex tornado that devastated the town of La Plata, Maryland, [3] killing 3 people and injuring 122 others. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was the costliest tornado of the tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002 , causing at least $115 million in damages. [ 6 ]
A widespread, destructive tornado outbreak affected Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska on April 27, 2002, and Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia on the following day, April 28. Generally, tornado reports were widely scattered in each state, but significant to severe ...
The Tornado Season of 2002 was a below average season with only 934 tornadoes touching down, However, this season had its two largest outbreaks occurring early in the year and late in the year because of cold fronts being able to create favorable conditions for tornadic activity in the United States.
The 14 killer tornadoes in April were more than occurred in all of 2019 (12). April was an historic month for tornadoes in the United States, as reflected in the tragic monthly data released by ...
May 1996 Kentucky tornado outbreak [13] La Plata, Maryland: 2002 April 28 $115,000,000 $197,153,724: F4 2002 La Plata tornado: Fayetteville, North Carolina: 2011 April 16 $141,100,000 $193,464,178: EF3 Tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011. Grazulis reported $136 million (or $186,471,497, adjusted) in damages (Grazulis 2023, p. 458)
At least two people have died as severe storms and tornadoes tore through parts of Texas and Mississippi on Saturday, officials said, while a parade of atmospheric river-fueled storms batters the ...
A total of 74 tornadoes have been confirmed from the outbreak over the holiday weekend, stretching from Texas to South Carolina. Original article source: Watch: Fishermen, dog survive Texas EF-3 ...
1926 La Plata, Maryland tornado outbreak: November 9, 1926: Mid-Atlantic – 17 fatalities, 65 injuries: 17 people killed at schools in La Plata. An F4 tornado also hit the area on April 28, 2002. Late-November 1926 tornado outbreak: November 25–26, 1926: South: ≥27: 107 fatalities, 451 injuries