• The Agnes Flood remains the benchmark by which older residents of the Wyoming Valley measure every subsequent flood event. • The floodwaters left behind a thick layer of mud, fuel oil, sewage, and ...

The storm developed in mid-June and intensified to a named hurricane on June 18, 1972. Hurricane Agnes made landfall near ...

The documentary film “Agnes” about the June 1972 flood that crippled the Wyoming Valley is hitting the big screen again.

Ken Kostka is largely responsible for the Alle-Kiski Valley’s resurgence of purple martins — a bird species all but wiped out after Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972. The Harrison Township native discovere ...

On this date in 1972, the Susquehanna River rose to historic levels, the heretofore protection of the levee system failed, ...

(WBRE/WYOU) — Sunday marked an anniversary many across northeast and central Pennsylvania will never forget: It’s been 54 years since the devastating Agnes Flood of 1972, when days of relentless rain ...

A lack of hurricane activity near the Gulf Coast in 2025 has left the region with a lot of hot water, ready to fuel hurricane activity.

SEATTLE — A new non‑surgical body‑contouring device called Agnes Ultra is drawing attention for its ability to tighten skin across multiple areas of the body with little to no downtime, according to ...

The Virginia general election in 1985 is remembered as a historic one, seeing the state elect its first Black lieutenant governor, L. Douglas Wilder, as well as its first female attorney general, Mary ...

It rained down devastation but also led to regeneration. In June 1972, Tropical Storm Agnes dumped more than 12 ½ inches of rain on Harrisburg in a 24-hour period. The four-day storm caused the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FORTY FORT, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Crews discovered the headstones on Thursday during construction for the Wyoming Valley ...

Fifty-two years ago, rainfall from Tropical Storm Agnes inundated York County and caused historical flooding. To this day, it still ranks as the most destructive storm in central Pennsylvania. The ...