JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — As we approach its 135th anniversary, we continue to look back on the events leading up to and after the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889. Even in the face of mortal danger, the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. MICHAEL, Pa. – The 136th anniversary of the 1889 Johnstown Flood will be recognized Saturday. Johnstown Flood National ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The 1889 Johnstown Flood is the latest subject explored as part of the new "Pennsylmania" podcast hosted by Mark ...

Residents of the Pennsylvania steel town that fateful May morning in the spring of 1889 heard a low rumble in the distance that might have been the sound of thunder, and they noted a breeze blowing ...

Millions of historian David McCullough’s books have been sold, with two garnering Pulitzer Prizes and some made into movies or included as Ken Burns’s documentary resources. Yet McCullough’s writing ...

CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Johnstown Flood National Memorial will commemorate the 137th anniversary of the 1889 Johnstown flood May 31 at the park's visitor center. The event, which is free and runs ...

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 ...

On May 31, 1889, a dam fourteen miles upstream from the industrial center of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, collapsed. A massive rain storm had swollen the artificial lake behind the dam, which had been ...

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 ...