60+ people killed in Pittsburgh’s Great St. Patrick’s Day Flood 80 years ago today (Mar 17 1936)


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(Tuesday, March 17, 1936) — Pittsburgh’s Great St. Patrick’s Day Flood began today as the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, swollen by rain and melted snow, started exceeding flood stage; the high water was blamed for more than 60 deaths.