Republican River Flood - Contributors

Unsettled Weather in the West; Marine and Coastal Impacts Along the East Coast

A series of Pacific fronts will bring periodic waves of showers and thunderstorms to parts of the Great Basin and Pacific Northwest the next few days. Swells, high surf, dangerous rip currents and areas of coastal flooding continue along much of the East Coast from both Humberto and Imelda. Unseasonably hot temperatures continue for much of the Plains and Midwest through the remainder of the week. Read More >

Republican River Flood of May 30, 1935

This website is dedicated to preserving the history of the Republican River Flood of 1935.

National Weather Service Team

Joy Hayden, Scott Mentzer, Dave Floyd, Albert Pietrycha, Chris Foltz, Mark Buller

Historians

Russ Dowling – Museum of the High Plains

Lucille Edwards – Personal Scrapbook Collection

Linda Hein – Nebraska State Historical Society

Virginia Roberts – City of Cambridge

Authors

Raymond Borchers – High Water Mark

V. S. Fitzpatrick - Backtrail Disaster

Mary Sherk – Swept Away

Marlene Harvey Wilmot - Bluff to Bluff

All the wonderful people of Kansas , Colorado, and Nebraska who have shared their stories of the 1935 flood.