FARGO — Flood disasters are almost ... spring led to the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam located 14 miles up a narrow canyon from Johnstown, Pa. The water over topped the dam, which ...

A few miles away, Johnstown Flood National Memorial preserves the tale of that ... laid out below him and imagined 20 million tons of water churning over the South Fork Dam and barreling toward town, ...

“You cannot tell the story of the Johnstown Flood without talking about the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, Lake Conemaugh and what was the South Fork Dam,” Manley says. Remove the ads ...

The flood was caused when the South Fork Dam failed due to torrential rainfall, causing around three billion gallons of water to flow in Johnstown's direction. Buildings were crushed, nearly 100 ...

So when the South Fork Dam failed on May 31 ... Burkert, as a resident of Johnstown for 40 years who redid the Johnstown Flood Museum, said he was able to use his expertise on the topic to ...

The Kephart Papers exhibit will be a rotating exhibit within the Johnstown Flood National Memorial’s Museum in South Fork for the next three years. The visitor center is open daily from 9 a.m ...