ST. MICHAEL, Pa. – The 136th anniversary of the 1889 Johnstown Flood will be recognized Saturday. Johnstown Flood National Memorial will commemorate the victims of the flood that occurred on May 31, ...

Jun. 1—Rob Koenigsberg stood on a sidewalk, lined with luminarias, near the Johnstown Flood National Memorial visitors center and pointed to three white bags with the names Regina Costlow, Zita ...

On May 31, 1889, a 40-foot wall of water destroyed most of the city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. More than 2,000 people were killed, including 99 whole families and 400 children under the age of 10.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — As we approach its 135th anniversary, we continue to look back on the events leading up to the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. Lake Conemaugh continued to swell for hours after ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — As we approach its 135th anniversary, we continue to look back on the events leading up to the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. The remains of the former canal basin in South ...

Pennsylvania's Path of the Flood Trail, a 14-mile route along the Little Conemaugh River, has been named the state's 2025 Trail of the Year. The trail traces the path of the devastating 1889 Johnstown ...

FARGO — Flood disasters are almost invariably a combination of natural "Acts of God" and engineering failures. On May 31, 1889, an 11-inch rain following an already wet spring led to the catastrophic ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Dan Ingram discusses the famous 1889 Johnstown, PA flood and its aftermath. Dan Ingram, curator, Johnstown Area Heritage Association, discussed ...

Uldis Kaktins, a longtime University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown professor who spent years researching the Johnstown Flood, died over the weekend, colleagues said. A veteran geologist and ...

Pennsylvania’s 2025 Trail of the Year blends natural beauty and outdoor recreation with deep — and tragic — historical significance. The 14-mile Path of the Flood Trail in the Cambria County community ...

David Hurst, The Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, Pa. May 30, 2022 at 6:37 PM May 30—SOUTH FORK, Pa. — Members of the Johnstown community will get a chance to retrace the path of the 1889 flood on Tuesday ...