Floods
Updated 03/01/2021
Floods are perhaps one of the earliest known natural disasters to be recorded in history. Although a flood of Biblical proportions may take 40 days and 40 nights of constant rain to cover the globe, the Schuylkill River requires considerably less time and precipitation before it floods portions of the Auburn area. While these lesser floods have an appreciably smaller negative impact on civilization as a whole, numerous floods still caused deaths, destruction and devastation for the Auburn area residents who experienced these calamities.
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Auburn-area floods of significance in chronological order:
1850 - "In 1850 occurred the great flood" (Joseph H. Zerbey History)
1862 - "This was followed by another one (flood) in 1862, when the foundations of the canal were swept away and the operation of the same practically destroyed." (Joseph H. Zerbey History)
August, 1933 - "In August, 1933, the Schuylkill River, because of the heavy rains again overflowed its banks. May homes were filled with water up to the second stories and boats were used as a means of transportation between the town and Tube Works, located on the opposite bank of the River."
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June, 1972 (Hurricane Agnes)
2004
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