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The La Plata Tornado

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Click here to listen to episode 301 of Weather Break

Six years ago today, four people died when a major tornado tore through the city of La Plata, Maryland.  It’s very rare to find an F4 tornado so far each in the U.S.  On today’s episode of Weather Break, Creighton University student Lauren Urban takes a look back at this storm.

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Wikipedia is home to a long summary of this storm, as well as an overview of the history of La Plata, Maryland.

Interesting information about the La Plata Tornado can be found at:

Where in the world is La Plata, Maryland?

Tags: Tornadoes

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