When the leading repertory theater in the nation’s most important theater city after New York stages an ambitious new play about one of the greatest disasters in American history; when the play, ...
When the 1889 flood decimated Johnstown, the American Red Cross launched its first major disaster response here. Today, the ...
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – As the 48th anniversary of the 1977 Johnstown Flood is commemorated this weekend, thoughts are also with the victims of the recent flooding in central Texas. More than 140 fatalities ...
FARGO — Flood disasters are almost invariably a combination of natural "Acts of God" and engineering failures. On May 31, 1889, an 11-inch rain following an already wet spring led to the catastrophic ...
Prologue: "Mr. Quinn is too fearful" -- Part I: Members and nonmembers. Up on the mountain ; Down in the valley ; How to make a lake ; "No danger from our enterprise" ; Rain -- Part II: When the dam ...
"When hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other disasters strike, we count our losses, search for causes, commiserate with victims, and initiate relief efforts. Amply illustrated and expansively ...
When the 1889 flood decimated Johnstown, the American Red Cross launched its first major disaster response here. Today, the ...
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – As the 48th anniversary of the 1977 Johnstown Flood is commemorated this weekend, thoughts are also with the victims of the recent flooding in central Texas. More than 140 fatalities ...