When was the big flood in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania?
June 1972
Flood of June 1972 in Wilkes-Barre Area, Pennsylvania(1973)
How many people died in the Agnes flood?
128
Hurricane Agnes/Total fatalities
Where did Hurricane Agnes start?
Caribbean Sea
“Hurricane Agnes originated in the Caribbean Sea region in mid-June. Circulation barely reached hurricane intensity for a brief period in the Gulf of Mexico.
What year was the flood Agnes?
June 14, 1972 – July 6, 1972
Hurricane Agnes/Dates
How much rain fell in PA during Agnes?
Overall, the rains peaked at 19 inches (480 mm) in the western portions of Schuylkill County. As a result, Agnes is listed as the wettest tropical cyclone on record for the state of Pennsylvania. Overall, more than 100,000 people were forced to leave their homes due to flooding.
Has Pa ever hit a hurricane?
September 1, 1952 – Tropical Storm Able affected Pennsylvania as a tropical storm and tropical depression after making landfall in South Carolina as a hurricane.
What storm destroyed the East Coast in 1972?
Hurricane Agnes
Hurricane Agnes was the costliest hurricane to hit the United States at the time, causing an estimated $2.1 billion in damage. The hurricane’s death toll was 128….Hurricane Agnes.
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
|---|---|
| Hurricane Agnes near peak intensity in the Gulf of Mexico on June 18 | |
| Fatalities | 128 direct |
| Damage | $2.1 billion (1972 USD) |
What caused the flood of 1972 in the United States?
This torrential rain followed the abnormally wet May weather in the Middle Atlantic States and set the stage for the subsequent major flooding.The record-breaking floods occurred in the Middle Atlantic States in late June and early July 1972. Many streams in the affected area experienced peak discharges several times the previous maxima of record.
What happened to Charles Street in Wilkes‐Barre?
On Charles Street in Wilkes‐Barre, two houses lie flattened and two others repose in a crater cut from beneath them when the river broke through a dike nearby on River side Drive. The tragic impact of the dis aster is seen on the faces of the survivors.
What happened in South Wilkes‐Barre and Kingston?
In South Wilkes‐Barre and in Kingston, houses torn from their foundations remain aban doned in streets and fields, sme of them impaled on a telephone pole. On Charles Street in Wilkes‐Barre, two houses lie flattened and two others repose in a crater cut from beneath them when the river broke through a dike nearby on River side Drive.
What happened to the Wyoming Valley flood?
WILKES‐BARRE, July 29— The Wyoming Valley, engulfed by flood waters June 23–24 when the pounding rains of Tropical Storm Agnes swelled the Susquehanna River to record heights, remains prostrate after the most disastrous flood in the nation’s history.
