760K views · 4.3K reactions | Just before midnight on March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam collapsed, sending billions of gallons of water toward sleeping people downstream. Watch FLOOD IN THE DESERT Tue May 3 at 9/8c on American Experience | PBS → pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/flood-desert | American Experience | PBS | Facebook

The Hawkesbury-Nepean flood of 1867 is the biggest flood ever recorded in Sydney and has acted for decades as the benchmark for emergency planners for just how catastrophic a flood can be. But there are tales of an even greater deluge, with First Nations oral histories speaking of a flood in 1780 that, if verified, would have profound effects on what we know about disaster risk. Read the full story by Angus Dalton at the link in bio. Photo: @nampix Video: @nampix and Tom Compagnoni | The Sydney

10K views · 147 reactions | Despite many recent natural disasters like these floods, which are worsened by climate change, governments are not doing enough to phase out fossil fuels. States must intensify their efforts to combat climate change to protect human rights. | Amnesty International | Facebook