Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Some of the worst flooding occurred on a localized basis in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, specifically in Upper Makefield Township, located north of Philadelphia and near the New Jersey border.
Seley died in flash flooding in Pennsylvania on Saturday, and Matilda Sheils, two, (right) and nine-month-old Conrad Sheils, are still missing (Upper Makefield Township Police Department)
Heavy rains pounded an already saturated Northeast on Sunday for the second time in a week, spurring another round of flash flooding, cancelled airline flights and power outages. Officials in ...
The Johnstown Flood, sometimes referred to locally as Great Flood of 1889, occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located on the south fork of the Little Conemaugh River, 14 miles (23 km) upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. The dam ruptured after several days of ...
A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) worker with a flood victim from Floyd in Philadelphia Floyd's rain affecting Pennsylvania, and surrounding states. September 16, 1999 – Hurricane Floyd, which was a tropical storm by the time it reached Pennsylvania, caused 13 deaths and 10 inches (250 mm) of rain in the eastern part of the ...
Flooding in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania on September 2, 2021 Damage from an EF2 tornado spawned by Ida in Upper Dublin Township, Pennsylvania. In Pennsylvania, an EF2 tornado caused damage in Fort Washington , Upper Dublin Township , and Horsham Township in Montgomery County , knocking down trees and power lines and tearing the roof off of the ...
Rare flash flood emergencies – the most severe flood alert – were issued early Friday afternoon for portions of southern New York and northern Pennsylvania, warning of life-threatening and ...
A modern view of the South Fork Dam. The large gap overlooked by the two wooden terraces pictured is the breach that caused the Johnstown Flood.. The South Fork Dam was an earthenwork dam forming Lake Conemaugh (formerly Western Reservoir, also known as the Old Reservoir and Three Mile Dam, a misnomer), [1] an artificial body of water near South Fork, Pennsylvania, United States.