--- description: Severe storms brought destruction and tragedy across the Northeast on Tuesday evening. title: Storms Kill Four in New York State and Child at Maryland Camp image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8ab7f7a7d7ba1f9/69869b03d0b6f2b3e830534b/140709-newyork-storm-ga-0126_e649add7add392a656b258f2d3aec4e2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Storms Kill 4 in New York State and Child at Maryland Camp by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 9, 2014 3:12 PM CUT  Debris is visible at Goff Road in Smithfield, N.Y., following severe storms on Tuesday, July 8 2014. Debris is visible at Goff Road in Smithfield, N.Y., following severe storms on Tuesday, July 8 2014.John Haeger—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 9, 2014 3:12 PM CUT Severe storms brought destruction and tragedy across the Northeast on Tuesday evening, with one child dying at a Maryland summer camp and a possible tornado killing four people in an upstate New York town. Around 100 children were in an outdoor pavilion at River Valley Ranch, a Christian camp north of Baltimore, when the storm hit. Organizers said they tried to get everyone to shelter but the high winds were upon them before all the children were safe — one of the nine children hurt died from their injuries… [Read the rest of the story at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/storms-kill-four-new-york-state-child-maryland-camp-n151396?cid=par-time-article%5F20140709 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2969800/storms-kill-four-in-new-york-state-and-child-at-maryland-camp/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2969800/storms-kill-four-in-new-york-state-and-child-at-maryland-camp/"},"headline":"Storms Kill 4 in New York State and Child at Maryland Camp","datePublished":"2014-07-09T15:12:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:02:49.752Z","description":"Severe storms brought destruction and tragedy across the Northeast on Tuesday evening.","url":"https://time.com/2969800/storms-kill-four-in-new-york-state-and-child-at-maryland-camp/","keywords":["weather"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8ab7f7a7d7ba1f9/69869b03d0b6f2b3e830534b/140709-newyork-storm-ga-0126_e649add7add392a656b258f2d3aec4e2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8ab7f7a7d7ba1f9/69869b03d0b6f2b3e830534b/140709-newyork-storm-ga-0126_e649add7add392a656b258f2d3aec4e2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"New York Storms","caption":"New York Storms","creditText":"John Haeger—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2969800/storms-kill-four-in-new-york-state-and-child-at-maryland-camp/","name":"Storms Kill 4 in New York State and Child at Maryland Camp"}}]}] ```