Johnstown was thawing out from a wicked winter when heavy rain began falling March 15, 1936. It would continue for three days. Narrow rivers that commonly overflowed their banks continued to grow, ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Tony Abraham was seven years old when a spring thaw and three days of rain ushered in Johnstown’s second great flood – on March 17, 1936. He escaped the rising waters – but not ...

On March 18, 1936, The Morning Herald announced startling news to its readers – the Potomac River was rising over a foot an hour in Williamsport. By the day’s end, the buildings at Cushwa Basin were ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Through an array of personal items, the stories of Johnstown’s three floods are being told. The “Relic Tales of the Johnstown Floods” exhibition is on display through the fall on the ...