Tropical Storm Agnes in Greater Harrisburg

by Erik V. Fasick

Book Overview

Tropical Storm Agnes, along with the unprecedented flooding which resulted from it, is arguably the most significant event to have transpired in the Harrisburg area in the last 150 years. Over the course of June 21 and June 22, 1972, Agnes drenched the region with more than a foot of rain. As a result, the Susquehanna River rose to record-breaking levels and backed into the already overwhelmed feeding creeks and streams. In Harrisburg, armed National...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738598232
• ISBN13: 9780738598239
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"