RAPID CITY, S.D.- Over a foot of rain fell from the evening of June 9 to the morning of June 10 in 1972, taking thousands of homes and cars and hundreds of lives. As the Mayor of Rapid City, Don Barnett was tasked with making sure hope for his town...
On June 9, 1972, Rapid City suffered one of the most devastating floods in South Dakota history and one of the deadliest floods in this country’s history. Bob Riggio, Chief Meteorologist Emeritus, says, “238 people lost their lives in the flood. Over 3000 people injured, thousands of homes damaged and...
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