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Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage.
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Black Hills
Mountain range in South Dakota and Wyoming, United States
The Black Hills is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. Black Elk Peak, which rises to 7,242 feet (2,207 m), is the range's highest summit. The name of the range in Lakota is…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
South Dakota
U.S. state
South Dakota is a double landlocked state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota Sioux tribe, which comprises a large portion of the population—with nine reservations in the state—and has…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1972 Black Hills flood
1972 severe flooding in the Rapid City metropolitan area, South Dakota, USA
The Black Hills Flood of 1972, also known as the Rapid City Flood, was the most detrimental flood in South Dakota history, and one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history. The flood took place on June 9–10, 1972 in the Black Hills of Western South Dakota. Rapid Creek and other…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)