“Surviving the ‘72 Flood” tells of many tragic losses that occurred on June 9, 1972, but its stories and photos also document Rapid City residents’ survival, luck, cleanup, heroism and ...

The sky turned green, then darkness swept over the Black Hills before a flash flood claimed 238 lives in the Rapid City area. An avalanche of debris-filled water swept into the canyon and ...

Rapid City Journal Photo Editor Matt Gade has produced a documentary, "The 1972 Black Hills Flood: 50 Years Later." The movie is available to view for free with no subscription required beginning ...

Penny Hennager, now 74, was a labor and delivery nurse at the hospital in 1972. She shared her memory and perspective of the flood ahead of the 50th anniversary.

Warren was on his way home from work at the Rapid City K-Mart on a hot and humid evening in June. He didn’t remember a lot of rain, just the heat. He left at 6 p.m. on the dot — a time that ...

Rapid City Journal Photo Editor Matt Gade has produced a documentary, "The 1972 Black Hills Flood: 50 Years Later." The movie is available to view for free with no subscription required beginning ...

There will be 5K and 10K routes to follow, where walkers can see signs showing the destruction of the 1972 flood. For more information about the flood walk, call 605-574-3278 or go to bhva.org.