Flooded East Sees 49 Dead as Agnes Ties Record
After days of relentless rain Tropical Storm Agnes and its floodwaters pushed rivers to historic highs. Ohio and Susquehanna basins overflowed evacuations surged in Wilkes Barre Harrisburg Elmira and Richmond while thousands fled and millions in damage awaited relief.
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Ohio
Agnes
National Weather Service
Baltimore
Green Lane
Montour Falls
N.Y
Pennsylvania
Weather Service
Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes- Barre
Sunbury
Susquehanna
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
Monongahela
Allegheny
Ohio River
William Long
Brandywine Creek
Chadds Ford
National Guard
Elmira
Corning
Olean
Chemung River
Albany
State Correctional Services
Attica
Wellsville
Jones Memorial Hospital
Genessee River
Richmond
James River
Flood Damage Figures Listed in Virginia estimate
Governor Linwood Holton's tally of flood losses for Virginia totals 161.5 million dollars sent to President Nixon. The breakdown includes 40 million in agriculture, 36.5 million to water facilities, 15.5 million residential, 35 million business and industrial, 7.5 million highways and bridges, 19.6 million sewage facilities, 2.4 million railroads, and 6 million to gas, electric and communications facilities.
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Richmond
Linwood Holton
Virginia
Nixon
Holton
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Virginia Ann Jewelry
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Athens
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Kenneth Meadows
Sisson’s Inc
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