Johnstown Flood

Over a hundred years ago on a stormy May 31, 1889, a dam in Johnstown, Pennsylvania collapsed causing a tidal wave over 40 feet high to fall over the heavily populated town below it. A major flooding of the valley destroyed countless buildings and claimed over 2,000 lives in the aftermath. All that remained was a barely recognizable wasteland and some very fortunate survivors. Johnstown Flood is a story about the people who survived and people who died in one of the worst floods to ever hit North America. Through documented and illustrated first-hand accounts from survivors of the flood, the actual event is brought to life. Horrified survivors watch as the bustling industrial city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is instantly reduced into a wasteland.