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 ...

Downtown Wilkes-Barre is seen in June 1972 as the Agnes floodwaters swamped city streets. This view is looking west on East Market Street near Pennsylvania Avenue, approximately in front of where the ...

The documentary film “Agnes,” which details the June 1972 flood that crippled the Wyoming Valley, is hitting the big screen again. To coincide with the flood’s 51st anniversary, the film will be shown ...

It is almost impossible to forget the devastating effects that Hurricane Agnes had in our local area, from over a foot of rain to rivers overflowing with ease. It seemed like a minor rain event as it ...

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

He still occasionally finds it in musty cellars or old, tucked-away cabinets. He'll open a door and suddenly, it's 1972. "It took me 15 years to forget," said J. Arthur Kieffer, 91, of Elmira. "But it ...

On June 20, 1972, a story about Hurricane Agnes was on the front page of The Patriot, at the bottom. “Hurricane Agnes hurled deadly tornadoes into inland Florida and raked the Gulf Coast with high ...

Hurricane Agnes, downgraded to a Tropical Storm, dumped buckets of rain on the East Coast in 1972. Last year was the 50th anniversary of the devastating floods that happened in central Pa. as a result ...