Hurricane Agnes 50th Anniversary Book Finish For those who can vividly remember the flood of 1972 and for those too young to remember, we offer this 50th Anniversary Book of Hurricane Agnes.

The Agnes Flood, so named after a hurricane which brought torrential rains and massive flooding to the area was, up to that point, the costliest hurricane in United States […] Skip to content ...

This week we discuss the 1972 Hurricane Agnes flooding and the new book ‘Agnes Remembered.’ The book features hundreds of photos that have never been seen before now. Listen here or whe… ...

WILKES-BARRE — Suzanne Jones was 6 years old when she and her family evacuated their Birch Street home in Wilkes-Barre to get ahead of Hurricane Agnes as the storm arrived to devastate the city.

By the time Agnes reached Berks County this week in 1972 – 45 years ago – she had already been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm. To those caught in the storm’s torrential wake ...