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A series of rare weather events led up to the destruction of the Walnut Street on Jan. 20, 1996. Monday marks the anniversary.

What happened?

The first half of January 1996 had quite a bit of snow. By the middle of the month, nearly three feet was on the ground.

A sudden warm-up that brought record highs created a dangerous situation. Then it started to rain. On Jan. 18 and 19 of 1996, about 1 inch fell.

The result was millions of gallons of melted snow, rain runoff and broken ice chunks the size of houses careening down the Susquehanna River.

The river rose 15 feet in 14 hours. The water and ice chunks washed out part of the bridge.

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