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In June 1972, tropical storm Agnes caused severe flooding in Pennsylvania and southern New York. The floods on many major streams were the highest known since the river valleys were settled. Maximum discharges were as much as twice the discharge of a 50-year flood.
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In June 1972, tropical storm Agnes caused severe flooding in...
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Hurricane Agnes remains one of the most costly natural disasters in Pennsylvania history. Nationwide, there were 122 deaths attributed to Agnes, 50 in the state of Pennsylvania. Total damages from the storm reached over $3 billion dollars nationwide, with over $2 billion dollars in losses occurring in the Susquehanna River basin.
The widespread flooding from this storm caused Agnes to be called the most destructive hurricane in United States history, claiming 117 lives and causing damage estimated at $3.1 billion in 12 States. Damage was particularly highin New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. "
From it's birth as a tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico to one of the largest inland tropical flood events in history. Agnes Community Impacts A map tour that organizes the impacts from Hurricane Agnes by state.
Tropical Storm Agnes wreaked havoc in New York and Pennsylvania as rivers and streams overflowed their banks like never before. In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Susquehanna River crested at 32.57 feet – surpassing the previous record set in the St. Patrick’s Day Flood of 1936.
Hurricane Agnes, seen here, brought floods and destruction to much of the Commonwealth in 1972. Emergency sirens wailed as turbid water surged through the streets doing little to quench the fires that roared above its surface.
6 Ιουν 2022 · Hurricane Agnes made landfall in Florida as a Category 1 storm. It was downgraded as it traveled north and was a tropical storm when it made another landfall in New York and merged with a...
