Communities destroyed & displaced
The flood that erased Vanport
30 May 1948Vanport, now Delta Park, Portland, OR
Oregon's second-largest city, built for shipyard workers and home to most of Portland's Black population, was destroyed in an afternoon. Residents had been told that morning the dikes were safe.
- People killed
- 15
- People displaced
- 18,500
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