SMITH ISLAND, Md. (AP) — For the people of Smith Island, weather guides a way of life as much as the tranquil atmosphere for which it has become known. Hurricanes with names like Hazel, Agnes, Isabel ...

SMITH ISLAND, Md. -- Essential items and donations are being sent over to Smith Island after an F-1 tornado hit Rhodes Point and Ewell on Thursday, August 4th. Before that, in the aftermath of one of ...

SMITH ISLAND, Md. (AP) — The aftermath of the tornado that struck Smith Island is still visible two months after it carved a destructive path through the sparsely populated Chesapeake Bay archipelago.

SMITH ISLAND, Md. — Residents of the small community of Rhodes Point on Smith Island, Maryland, are recovering after a waterspout came ashore during Thursday's severe weather. Video and photos of the ...

SMITH ISLAND, Md. - Smith Island United has been awarded a grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation whose mission is committed to supporting and celebrating the preservation of community history.

SMITH ISLAND, Md., Sept. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon's award-winning network has reached one of America's most secluded communities, bringing high-speed internet and mobile service to Smith ...

On a sunny mid-June afternoon with a tickling breeze, dozens of brown pelicans soared overhead like an avian Cirque du Soleil. Some birds carried nesting material in their comically long bills; others ...

SMITH ISLAND, Md. — Born in 1947, Maxine Landon has spent her entire life on Smith Island, Maryland, a small island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. Growing up, Maxine, like every Smith Islander, ...

Officials said 17 houses were damaged, three or four extensively, on the Maryland island that’s home to just over 200 people A powerful tornadic waterspout tore through parts of Smith Island, Md., in ...

SMITH ISLAND, Md. — Born in 1947, Maxine Landon has spent her entire life on Smith Island, Maryland, a small island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay. Growing up, Maxine, like every Smith Islander, ...