Dark days remembered: The Flood of 1937

Seventy-five years ago the Ohio River rose to a record 79.9 feet, washing away homes, whole neighborhoods and even lives.

That January saw the river swell as 13.68 inches of rain fell during the month.  By Jan. 18, the Ohio River had overflowed its banks and still it kept rising to a record 79.9 feet – 28 feet above flood stage.

The flooding drove 100,000 people from their Cincinnati homes. The river washed over an entire fifth of the city and much of Covington and Newport.

For those who survived it, the dark days of the flood of 1937 remain forever etched in their minds.

1937 Great Flood in Cincinnati on Dipity .