Johnstown, PA (WJAC) — This week marked the 134th anniversary of the 1889 Johnstown Flood, as more than two thousand people lost their lives when the South Fork Dam broke, sending an enormous wave of ...

ST. MICHAEL, Pa. – The 136th anniversary of the 1889 Johnstown Flood will be recognized Saturday. Johnstown Flood National Memorial will commemorate the victims of the flood that occurred on May 31, ...

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 ...

A Pennsylvania museum dedicated to remembering the effects of a 19th-century flood is temporarily closed because of flooding. The Johnstown Flood Museum in Cambria County announced on Monday that it ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WJAC) — Saturday marked the 136th anniversary of the Great Johnstown Flood, and members of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial honored it with an annual tradition. At 4:07 Saturday ...

Pennsylvania's Path of the Flood Trail, a 14-mile route along the Little Conemaugh River, has been named the state's 2025 Trail of the Year. The trail traces the path of the devastating 1889 Johnstown ...

Uldis Kaktins, a longtime University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown professor who spent years researching the Johnstown Flood, died over the weekend, colleagues said. A veteran geologist and ...

Pennsylvania’s 2025 Trail of the Year blends natural beauty and outdoor recreation with deep — and tragic — historical significance. The 14-mile Path of the Flood Trail in the Cambria County community ...

Johnstown is famous for its floods, but not many people know that it’s partly responsible for originating a hefty tax on all liquor in the state. “The Johnstown Flood Tax, as it's still known, ...

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, ...