During the Great Ohio River Flood of 1937, men and women in Louisville, Kentucky, line up seeking food and clothing from a relief station, in front of a billboard proclaiming, "World's Highest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Jan. 26, 1937, the Ohio River reached 79.9 feet in Cincinnati. That is the highest level ever recorded. More than 70% of ...

The rainy month of January 1937 would go on to permanently alter the landscape of the Ohio Valley, not that anyone knew it at the time. Major floods had been somewhat common along the Ohio River at ...

This video documents the devastation of the 1937 Ohio River flood, one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history. Spanning several states, the floodwaters swallowed entire towns, left ...