A massive storm pushed the South Fork Dam past its limit—and when it broke, a 40-foot wall of water roared down the valley, wiping Johnstown off the map.

WJAC provides news, weather and sports information for Johnstown, Altoona, State College and DuBois, Pennsylvania. Our coverage area includes Bedford, Everett, Somerset, Meyersdale, Ebensburg, Windber ...

The Flood Insurance Rate Maps used by FEMA are based on antiquated data and obsolete models. As a result, the U.S. government downplays flood risks for homeowners across the country—but ...

A section of hillside neighboring the Path of the Flood Trail may soon become a test site for a new bonding agent to avoid washouts, Cambria County Conservation and Recreation ...

Jeanne Weaver, Johnstown resident and AFSCME Retirees Chapter 13 president, was in Washington, D.C., this past week, ...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — It’s been months since floodwaters took over Donna Rooney’s home in DeLand. She and her husband had to get out fast. “We had about four feet in our house ...

JACKSON COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — Northbound lanes of Interstate 77 were closed Monday afternoon in Jackson County after a dump truck caught fire, dispatchers said. The vehicle fire was reported ...

Johnstown will host a ribbon cutting Saturday to celebrate the reopening of its Police Department building after renovations were carried out in an attempt to improve operational efficiency and ...

WHEN YOU SEE CONSISTENT DAYS OF RAIN, IF THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED, THAT’S WHEN YOU REALLY START TO GET INTO THOSE FLOOD RISKS. YOU START TO SEE THE LAKES AND RIVERS RISING. MOST OF THE ...