People look at an overflowing dam in Dindi, in Andhra Pradesh state, India, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Southeast Asia suffered massive earthquakes, landslides and typhoons this week, with the death toll in the Philippines, South India and Vietnam rising. For Americans with memories of Hurricane Katrina, it may be interesting to look back at the historical flood at Johnstown. Now a documentary on iTunes, “Johnstown Flood,” narrated by Richard Dreyfuss, revisits one of the worst disasters in US history. Known to residents of the Pennsylvania town as the Great Flood of 1889, it was responsible for the largest loss of civilian life at the time – over 2,200 – until it was later surpassed by the 1900 Galveston hurricane and the attacks of 9/11. Clara Barton and the Red Cross were some of the first respondents to Johnstown over a century ago – fittingly the organization she founded continues the legacy today.
Other Documentary titles now on iTunes: Alexandria: Discovering a Lost Empire // One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story // Rites of Passage: No Holds Barred Fighting // The Putin System // The Unwinking Gaze // W.I.S.O.R.
