DIED IN BUFFALO CREEK FLOOD DISASTER
Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster, Feb 1972The number of deaths stood at 60 Sunday as cleanup operations entered their second day today in the Buffalo Creek area of Logan County.Some 300 other residents were still reported missing in the wake of flash flooding caused by the collapse of a dam early Saturday. An estimated 4,000 persons were left homeless, many with only clothes they had on when water leaped out of the banks of Buffalo Creek and rose to as much as 15 feet in some places.
Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster, Feb 1972The number of deaths stood at 60 Sunday as cleanup operations entered their second day today in the Buffalo Creek area of Logan County.Some 300 other residents were still reported missing in the wake of flash flooding caused by the collapse of a dam early Saturday. An estimated 4,000 persons were left homeless, many with only clothes they had on when water leaped out of the banks of Buffalo Creek and rose to as much as 15 feet in some places.
DIED IN BUFFALO CREEK FLOOD DISASTER
Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster, Feb 1972The number of deaths stood at 60 Sunday as cleanup operations entered their second day today in the Buffalo Creek area of Logan County.Some 300 other residents were still reported missing in the wake of flash flooding caused by the collapse of a dam early Saturday. An estimated 4,000 persons were left homeless, many with only clothes they had on when water leaped out of the banks of Buffalo Creek and rose to as much as 15 feet in some places.
Buffalo Creek Flood Disaster, Feb 1972The number of deaths stood at 60 Sunday as cleanup operations entered their second day today in the Buffalo Creek area of Logan County.Some 300 other residents were still reported missing in the wake of flash flooding caused by the collapse of a dam early Saturday. An estimated 4,000 persons were left homeless, many with only clothes they had on when water leaped out of the banks of Buffalo Creek and rose to as much as 15 feet in some places.
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