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We ‘watched in horror’ 25 years ago as part of iconic Walnut Street bridge floated away Updated Jan 20, 2021; Posted Jan 20, 2021 This is a still frame from home video footage of a portion of the Walnut Street Bridge being swept away by flood waters. (Provided to The Patriot-News) Facebook Share In 1996, the city’s parks and recreation director was on the Walnut Street Bridge just minutes before disaster struck. “It was starting to ripple, like in an ‘S’ shape,” Tina Manoogian-King told The Patriot-News. “Literally, in the time we turned back to give a radio report and then ...

The 25th anniversary of the blizzard that helped to take down ‘Old Shakey’ Updated Jan 08, 2021; It snowed Sunday and Monday, Jan. 7-8 – 22.2 inches. It snowed again on Friday – another 10.8 inches. In Pa., the blizzard is attributed to the death of 80 people. According to Accuweather, Pa. suffered the most damage - $1 billion worth. What followed made it worse – it got warmer. On Jan. 19, 1996, the temperature rose to a record high of 56 degrees. On Jan. 20, heavy rain to the north and the warm temperature melted the snow and triggered floods. The Susquehanna River rose rapidly. A...