The 136th anniversary of the 1889 Flood will be recognized Saturday. Flood National Memorial will commemorate the victims of the flood that occurred on May 31, 1889, when the South Fork Dam broke, ...

A massive storm pushed the South Fork Dam past its limit—and when it broke, a 40-foot wall of water roared down the valley, wiping Johnstown off the map.

On the eve of the 1889 Johnstown Flood’s anniversary, local and state officials gathered to celebrate the Path of the Flood ...

The people can see where the South Fork Dam broke and walk where the waters gushed toward Johnstown ... Shanksville, Pa., and Washington — areas impacted by terrorist attacks on Sept.

The chosen date memorializes the historic failure of the South Fork Dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1889.

11 brought down the World Trade Center's twin towers. In 1889, over 2,200 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, died when the South Fork Dam collapsed, sending 20 million tons of water rushing ...