• 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, and Wyoming Valley was flooded — the river was now a mile wide, and ...
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Marking 54 years after devastating Agnes flood
(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 ...
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