The village of Casso near the Vajont dam on the day of the 48th anniversary, the waeve reached the height of 140 mt

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The disaster of Vajont happend on the night of the 9th October 1963 when a landslide of about 260 million m of forest, earth, and rock, which fell into the reservoir at up to 110 km per hour. The resulting displacement of water caused 50 million m³ of water to over-top the dam in a 250 mhigh wave.

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Size: 1993px × 3000px
Location: Casso, Italy
Photo credit: © Marco Secchi / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: casso, dam, damn, disaster, italy, landslide, tragedy, vajont