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Aerial view of the flood. The Johnstown flood of 1977 was a major flood which began on the night of July 19, 1977, when heavy rainfall caused widespread flash flooding in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, including the city of Johnstown and the Conemaugh Valley. On July 19, a deluge of rain hit the Johnstown area during the night.
The Johnstown Flood, ... The total death toll from the flood was calculated originally as 2,209 people, [1] ... a 1977 film was filmed in Johnstown.
1977 Johnstown flood of 1977: Flash flood: Johnstown, Pennsylvania: $300,000,000 ... Official death toll was 49, though estimates of unrecovered bodies ran higher.
Laurel Run Dam. The Laurel Run Dam, also known as Laurel Run Dam No. 2, was an earthen embankment dam that failed during the Johnstown Flood of 1977. It had the largest reservoir of seven dams to fail between July 19 and 20, 1977 and caused the most fatalities of the two that did. The dam failed in the early morning of July 20 after period of ...
The 1889 Johnstown flood was the greatest single-day civilian loss of life in the U.S. until the World Trade Center collapsed amid the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to the ...
May 25—ST. MICHAEL, Pa. — For years, park ranger Elizabeth Shope has guided Johnstown Flood National Memorial guests past the precise spot where the South Fork Dam failed in 1889 — sending ...
Johnstown Flood: United States (Pennsylvania) 1889 ... 1977 Karachi flood Pakistan: 1977 844 2006 North Korean floods: ... Death toll Location Event January 17
The flood crest, reached around 12:15 am, ravaged Rapid City and surrounding canyons. The death toll was 238. [59] The Rapid City Public Library hosts a more comprehensive digital archive of flood-related stories, photos and news accounts on their 1972 flood page.