The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919.” The wave was 2.3 million gallons, moving at 35 miles per hour, 25 feet high and 160 feet wide at its outset, rushing through the city's crowded and ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. − Asheville's "Great Flood," of 1916 brought inconceivable devastation to the small mountain town in western North Carolina. What has been described as, "the worst natural ...

Walleye Weekend, the city’s biggest summer draw, was shut down for two hours ... Stories from Fond du Lac readers about 2008's great flood RELATED: 2008 floods, the costliest disaster in ...

What's known as "the great flood of 1916' was caused by two hurricanes ... foreshadowing what was to come and drawing comparisons to 1916 in the process. "This will be one of the most significant ...

Like popular songs and fashions, some photographs have the power to define eras. A fatally wounded Robert Kennedy on the floor of a hotel kitchen, a terrified busboy by his side; a sailor kissing ...

Flood protection system in Dayton designed after The Great Flood of 1913 A walker crosses ... Harvey had a non-stop source of water to draw from, Vrydaghs said. This helped to fuel the storm ...

You might be familiar with the Boston Tea Party, but for many Bostonians, there’s another food-centric event that comes to mind as they reflect on local history: the Great Molasses Flood.

McClurg Ct. CBS 2's Larry Mendte is joined by Shane Albertson, a diver who was working to plug up the leak causing the flood, to explain the model. Four nights after the Great Flood, ComEd had to ...

Although the flood on April 13, 1992, was mainly out of sight, lurking 40 feet below the city’s streets, it wreaked visible havoc. The Great Chicago Flood paralyzed downtown — shutting down ...