FARGO — Flood disasters are almost invariably a combination of natural "Acts of God" and engineering failures. On May 31, 1889 ... a narrow canyon from Johnstown, Pa. The water over topped ...

So cried a citizen of Johnstown, Pa. after the disastrous 1936 flood ... At 3 p.m. on May 31, 1889, flood waters broke through the South Fork Dam, towering twelve miles away and 300 ft.

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 335 Locust St., Johnstown, will host a special Community Common Prayer Service commemorating the 130th anniversary of the 1889 Johnstown Flood and the role that St ...

HARRISBURG, PA — The Path of the Flood Trail in Cambria ... This 14-mile trail honors the historic route of the catastrophic ...

After reading David McCullough’s book about the Johnstown flood of 1889, Farabaugh decided to continue the story by writing about the subsequent disasters in 1936 and 1977. But because of ...