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Eight-Foot Wave. Hardest hit by far was Pennsylvania, where rampaging rivers slashed through dikes, destroying factories, homes, shops and theaters. In Wilkes-Barre, thousands of volunteer dike-builders worked frantically to stem the surging Susquehanna-to no avail. When the river burst the sandbagged levee, an eight-foot wave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: In the Wake of Agnes | 7/10/1972 | See Source »

One week after the Susquehanna had breached the dikes and roared through Wilkes-Barre, the waters receded from the downtown area enough to permit people to re-enter the city and begin the clean-up. Those who were able to return to their homes and businesses found a scene of...

Author: By Steven Reed and Elizabeth Samuels, S | Title: Agnes Hit Wilkes-Barre Like a Flock of F-111's | 7/7/1972 | See Source »

All power was off in Wilkes-Barre Thursday morning as the cars and trucks poured into town filled with clean-up crews and families nervously searching for their homes through streets suddenly unfamiliar. The powerless stoplights, coupled with a six-inch layer of brown sludge on the streets, made driving...

Author: By Steven Reed and Elizabeth Samuels, S | Title: Agnes Hit Wilkes-Barre Like a Flock of F-111's | 7/7/1972 | See Source »

There is a report that telephone service is operating in Wilkes-Barre and Kingston. You can make local to local calls, but you are urged to use discretion because only 4800 lines are operating

Author: By Steven Reed and Elizabeth Samuels, S | Title: Agnes Hit Wilkes-Barre Like a Flock of F-111's | 7/7/1972 | See Source »

Looting was widely reported in Wilkes-Barre, but little of it seemed to be malicious. Old women and little kids walked the streets with shopping bags, digging though piles of rubble for muddy garments of the proper size. One 11-year-old carrying a radio with an inch of light...

Author: By Steven Reed and Elizabeth Samuels, S | Title: Agnes Hit Wilkes-Barre Like a Flock of F-111's | 7/7/1972 | See Source »

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