A significant flood affected much of the Mid-Atlantic region of the eastern United States in 2006. The flooding was very widespread, affecting numerous rivers, lakes and communities from Upstate New Y
The Delaware River overspilled its banks and overtook US 46 in Columbia, NJ
Water from the Neversink River rushes over a road in Deerpark, New York
Swatara Creek inundates the United Water Plant and the Duke Street Bridge in Hummelstown, PA
Hurricane Agnes
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Hurricane Agnes was the second tropical cyclone and first named storm of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season. It developed as a tropical depression on June 14 from the interaction of a polar front and
2006 Mid-Atlantic United States flood
…stranded by the floodwaters. At the Wilkes-Barre flood protection levee, the river was at 41 feet (12 m), which was about the record level reached in Hurricane Agnes and at which point catastrophic flooding takes place. Forecasts predicted that the river would crest at above 39 feet (12 m), exceeding any other event…
Agnes near peak intensity in the Gulf of Mexico on June 18
Hurricane Agnes approaching landfall in the Florida Panhandle on June 19
Remnants of Agnes over the northeastern United States
Damage in Key West, Florida, from a tornado spawned by Agnes