The Effects Of Floods On Chemung County
For many centuries, the U.S. citizens in the Southern Tier did not only live with floods but also died in the floods. The historic flood disasters in the county are the Punpkin Floods of 1786, 1817, and 1860, the Big Flood of 1857, the Great Inundation of 1833, and the Tremendous Flood of 1861 (Nelson 1966). Through 20th century a]to date, the county still experiences floods. The effects of floods

