LOOKING DOWN ON DISASTER

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These buildings are just a few in the 30-acre area devastated in downtown Johnstown, Pa., during a flood in May 1889. A modern survey of the terrain shows the flow rates of the flood, which was one of America's deadliest disasters. Credit: Johnstown Area Heritage Association

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