Buffalo Creek Disaster

In late February 1972, a coal waste impoundment dam along Buffalo Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, collapsed. The resulting flood killed 125 people and caused over $50 million in damage. The disaster at Buffalo Creek remains one of America's most ...

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