Flint River Flood - The Historical Marker Database
Dedication On July 7, 1994, the waters of the Flint River breached the levee that protected the campus of Albany State University. By the time the river crested, the water had risen to a maximum depth of 14 feet and had damaged all of the original campus buildings.
Lessons learned from the Great Flood of 1948-49 - Times Union
Jan 1, 2025 · During the last 24 hours of the event, which ended on New Year’s Day, the rain turned into a deadly progression of ice and then 10 inches of snow in the Albany area, according to records from the...
The Flood of '94 - Albany Herald
Jul 6, 2019 · The campus of Albany State University, then located solely alongside the Flint River, was inundated with water during the Great Flood of ’94. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready......
25 years later: WALB remembers the Flood of ‘94
Jul 3, 2019 · ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - A 500 year flood devastated the Good Life City and other areas of Southwest Georgia this week 25 years ago. On June 30, 1994, the warning for Tropical Storm Alberto was...
Thirty Years Later: Remembering the Albany Flood - DVIDS
Jun 8, 2024 · In the summer of 1994, Albany, Georgia, known to many as the Artesian City, faced a disaster that would test the resilience of its people and the mettle of its guardians.
Albany, Georgia's Courthouses · Flood of 1994 · Georgia Public …
31 Georgians were killed in the flood, including five Albany residents. Entire sections of Albany were submurged in as much as 12 feet of the brown water. The bridges that crossed the river to connect Albany with East Albany were closed.
A flood of memories: a photographic chronicle of the great flood …
The catastrophic Great Flood of 1994 literally raised the dead. For when the normally quiet Flint River thrust itself from its banks and churned across its 500-year--flood plain, it unearthed more than 400 caskets, vaults and bodies from gravesites in two Albany cemeteries, towing some of them downriver.
The Great Flood of 1994 Memorial, Albany, GA - Clio
Aug 7, 2014 · The Great Flood of 1994 destroyed large sections of Albany and other areas of Southwest Georgia. The flood was the result of Tropical Storm Alberto and killed 31 people while making thousands temporarily homeless. Flood waters split Albany in …
Take a Look Back in New York History at the Great Flood of 1913
Mar 30, 2023 · What Caused the Flood? According to Trudy E. Bell from nysarchivestrust.org, a strong, high-pressure storm hit the country on Good Friday in March of 1913. The storm brought torrential downpours and in Buffalo, record-breaking winds up to 90 mph! Apparently just North of Albany, 4-6 weeks worth of rain fell over the course of just 5 days.
Great Flood and Cyclone Disasters in New York State
In the eastern end of the state the Mohawk and Hudson Yalleys experienced the worst flood in years. In Albany, power plants were put out of service, street car traffic was practically suspended and schools and factories closed.