On Memorial Day 1889, the South Fork Dam gave way under record rainfall—sending a 40-foot wall of water crashing into Johnstown. More than 2,200 lives were lost in minutes, marking one of the ...

Meanwhile, approximately 14 miles away, in the city of Johnstown, the people were largely unaware of the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam. They were huddled inside their homes, taking ...

Park rangers at the Johnstown Flood National Memorial stand among 2,209 luminarias on the breast of the former South Fork Dam on the 133rd anniversary of the Johnstown Flood.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial will commemorate the victims of the flood that occurred on May 31, 1889, when the South Fork Dam broke, sending 20 million tons of water down the Conemaugh Valley ...

There are 214 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On May 31, 1889, some 2,200 people in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, perished when the South Fork Dam collapsed, sending 20 million ...

The Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority will hold two bicycle safety events as part of the Path of the Flood Trail's 2025 designation as Pennsylvania's Trail of the Year. The first ...

On May 31, 1889, an 11-inch rain following an already wet spring led to the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam located 14 miles up a narrow canyon from Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

The dam was rebuilt just 10 years later after a minor breach occurred. The rebuilding of the dam created Lake Conemaugh, a large human-made lake that was held back by the South Fork Dam.

There were warning signs that the dam could be in trouble, same as the South Fork Dam before it burst above Johnstown in 1889, creating the worst flood disaster in American history. Today, trouble ...

TULSA, Okla. — The catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on May 31, 1889, left a deep scar in American history. The disaster, which claimed 2,200 lives and ...

For 125 years, a millionaire club's modifications to the South Fork Dam have been targets of blame – but unproven culprits – for the 1889 Johnstown flood.

The Johnstown Flood of 1889 killed 2,208 people, and cost $513 million in property damage in 2023 value. A torrential rainfall resulted in a sudden failure of the South Fork Dam 14 miles above ...