(WHTM) — Fifty years ago, the remains of Hurricane Agnes swelled the Susquehanna River to record levels. In the years since then, communities along the river have gotten upgrades to their flood ...

A reinvigorated historic preservation movement. Better flood mapping. Neighborhoods obliterated, and others scarred for generations. New flood insurance requirements. Ground-floor garages. The Federal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 20—George McGovern had just won the New York Democratic Party primary and the Wednesday June 21, 1972, front page of the ...

Tropical Storm Agnes, which caused historic flooding 50 years ago this month, still ranks as the most destructive storm in central Pennsylvania. Since Agnes, only Tropical Storm Lee in 2011 produced ...

From Towanda to Sunbury and many places in between – especially Wilkes-Barre – WVIA-TV producer Alexander Monelli has spent the last 10 months traveling to communities along the Susquehanna River for ...

PITTSTON — This June marks the 50th anniversary of Hurricane Agnes’s devastation of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and WVIA will commemorate the day with “Agnes 50,” a multi-platform initiative that will ...

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Imagine for a moment a flood where the water was so powerful that it caused cemeteries to give up their dead. Hundreds of them moved into unsuspecting neighborhoods where people ...

On the morning of her wedding, Margaret Brislin didn’t know if her fiance would show up at the church. It was Saturday, June 24, 1972, and inland rains from Tropical Storm Agnes swelled the ...

Northeastern Pennsylvania is counting down to the 50th anniversary of the Tropical Storm Agnes Flood. Overcast skies and thunderstorms of late easily bring back memories of the Friday when wailing ...

A gas station is surrounded by water along East First Street in Williamsburg after the remnants of Hurricane Agnes swept through Blair County 50 years ago. Photo courtesy Williamsburg Then ...

During Wilkes College’s early years, the library was housed on the third floor of Kirby Hall. However, with growing collections and a need for a larger space, the new library was constructed with the ...