On Memorial Day 1889, a storm pushed Pennsylvania’s South Fork Dam past the breaking point. What followed was one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history.

On Memorial Day 1889, 133 miles northwest of Frederick, the South Fork Dam on the Little Conemaugh River in Pennsylvania burst. Twenty million tons of water surged into the river to Johnstown ...

1889: The city installs the state’s first ... unsuccessfully lobbying to appeal the law ever since. 1954: North Fork Dam and reservoir were completed, retiring Bee Tree Reservoir as a drinking ...

At 3 p.m. on May 31, 1889, flood waters broke through the South Fork Dam, towering twelve miles away and 300 ft. above Johnstown. A 40-ft. wall of water crashed against the town with Niagara force ...

The Johnstown Flood of 1889 was a tragedy of epic proportions that swept through the Conemaugh Valley in Pennsylvania. When the South Fork Dam failed, a wall of water raced down the valley at ...

SOUTH FORK, Pa. – A South Fork family was saved by their dog from an early-morning blaze that destroyed their Highway Street residence Monday, officials said. The call came in at 1:59 a.m., and ...

Water outflows at Bloemhof Dam have been reduced, says the Department of Water and Sanitation, while the five sluice gates at the Vaal Dam remain open to manage the inflows of water into the dam.

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says it is preparing for the imminent release of water from the Pongolapoort Dam in Jozini, northern KwaZulu-Natal. This follows weeks of heavy ...

The Trump administration is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders over the African nation’s failure to accept repatriated citizens. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the ...

PEOPLE WHO FREQUENT THE AREA. THE AREA SURROUNDING THE SOUTH YUBA FORK BRIDGE IN NEVADA CITY IS A POPULAR SPOT FOR HIKERS, AND ANYONE LOOKING TO GET OUTDOORS. IT’S INCREDIBLE. IT’S BEEN REALLY ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. said on Saturday it would revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders over South Sudan's failure to accept the return of its repatriated citizens, at a time when ...