Floods


Lake Okeechobee, FL Thousands Die In Hurricane, Sep 1928

HUNDREDS OF KNOWN DEATHS IN FLORIDA; DAMAGE $30,000,000.

200 ALREADY BURIED IN OKEECHOBEE AREA; REPORTS DRIBBLE IN FROM OTHER SECTORS.  read more »

New York Flood, Dec 1901

FLOODS DEVASTATE EASTERN STATES

New York and Pennsylvania Visited by Severest Storms In Years---Four Lives Are Lost.  read more »

Delaware River, PA and NY Freshet Flooding, Aug 1871

THE RAIN STORMS -- DELUGE AND DESTRUCTION REPORTED IN EVERY DIRECTION.

A FRESHET ON THE DELAWARE RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.  read more »

Clifton and Pacolet, SC Cloudburst Causes Flooding, June 1903

CLOUDBURST SWEEPS TOWNS; THIRTY KILLED.

PACOLET AND CLIFTON, S. C., CARRIED AWAY IN TORRENT.

WATERS RUSH DOWN VALLEY, CARRYING AWAY MILLS, BRIDGES, AND COTTON OPERATIVES' DWELLINGS.  read more »

Near Needles, CA Cloudburst Causes Flooding, Aug 1959

RAILROAD WORKERS MISSING IN FLOOD.  read more »

Boston, MA Flooding Damage, Feb 1886

A DELUGE OF WATERS.

NEW ENGLAND WASHED BY A WIDE WASH OF BATH.  read more »

Heppner, OR Cloudburst Sweeps Away Towns, June 1903

CLOUDBURST SWEPT AWAY ATOWN OF HEPPNER, OREGON.  read more »

Wheeling, WV and Vicinity, Terrible Flooding Disaster, July 1888

DROWNED IN THE FLOODS.

THE TERRIBLE DISASTER AT AND NEAR WHEELING.

TWENTY-ONE BODIES RECOVERED --MANY HOUSES SWEPT AWAY, CATTLE DROWNED, AND CROPS INJURED.  read more »


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