Hurricane expert, meteorologist Andy Hazelton, looked over the map for USA TODAY and agreed that the ... What about the 1933 Chesapeake/Potomac hurricane, which wreaked havoc in the mid-Atlantic?

The Rappahannock River is Virginia’s third largest river, after the James and Potomac rivers. Its name derives from the Algonquian word, lappihanne, meaning "river of quick, rising water." ...