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The Day Lake Conemaugh Destroyed Johnstown

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The Day Lake Conemaugh Destroyed Johnstown
This is a general view of Main Street in downtown Johnstown, Pa., Wednesday morning, July 20, 1977 after floodwaters began to recede. Heavy rain and the breaking of a dam caused the city to be flooded. AP Photo
Salena Zito
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SOUTH FORK, Pennsylvania—One hundred and thirty-two years later, the truth of what happened here in May 1889 is still difficult to put into words.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.
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