The 1916 Flood in Western North Carolina
Paperback
Publication Date: 30/01/2016
In mid-July 1916, the remnants of two hurricanes collided over western North Carolina, inundating the mountain region and the western Piedmont with historic rainfall. The result was catastrophic. Landslides wiped out whole families. Currents ripped babies from their parents' arms. Rivers washed away thousands of jobs. When the water finally receded, at least fifty lay dead, damages totaled in the millions of dollars, and a thick black sludge remained where crops once stood. One hundred years later, the storm remains one of the worst ever experienced in the Tar Heel State.
- ISBN:
- 9780865264816
- 9780865264816
- Category:
- 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 30-01-2016
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 254x171.45x25.4mm
- Weight:
- 0.14kg
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