On Tuesday, people living along the river and its tributaries were urged to evacuate and sandbagging operations began in town ...

Volunteers were called to join in the sandbagging efforts to raise the flood protection levels but to no avail. The Susquehanna river levee was topped at 11 a.m. at 38.5 feet on Friday June 23, 1972.

In a Wednesday announcement, the city said the NOAA National Water Prediction Service predicted the river at Pacific to rise ...