A 17-year-old Prince William County teen apparently drowned Sunday while swimming in the Potomac River near Possum Point.

A body was found in the Potomac River, and two people were rescued from the Tidal Basin. Neither incident appeared to be related to the plane-helicopter crash.

Flood warnings extend across DMV as slow-moving storm causes Potomac River to surge, threatening areas from northern Virginia to ... One high tide happened at 10:24 a.m. and the next one is at 11: ...

On March 27, 1912, First Lady Helen Herron Taft and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, planted two Yoshino cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River Tidal Basin ...