On Thursday the landfall of Hurricane Agnes was mentioned, today in history that hurricane had an impact on our area:
"1972 - The remnants of Hurricane Agnes cause tremendous rains of 10-20 inches across Maryland, Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania. Tremendous flooding occurred in Pennsylvania. Much of Wilkes-Baare, Pennsylvania was destroyed when floodwaters breached a dike and a wall of water inundated the town. $3.5 billion in damage and 122 killed as a result of the floods."
Not about our area, but since the Midwest has been seeing a lot of tornadoes and flooding, here are more facts about this day in history related to those topics.
"1919 - 59 people were killed as an F5 tornado ripped through the town of Fergus Falls, Minnesota. 400 buildings were destroyed. A blank check was found over 60 miles away and lumber was carried 10 miles."
"1947 - 12 inches of rain fell in 42 minutes at Holt Missouri to set a new world record for intense rainfall. The record would be tied in January 24-25, 1956 in Hawaii at the Kilauea Sugar Plantation."
Source: http://www.theweathercompany.com/cgi-bin/wxnotebook.pl
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