1963 Vajont Dam disaster

The dam itself stood. A mass of roughly 270 million cubic metres collapsed off the southern slope of the reservoir and into the water, generating a wave that overtopped the structure and struck the town of Longarone and other villages below.

Date
1963-10-09
Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)
1917
What the pin marks
The dam, as the cited page positions it.
Where the position is published
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: italy, landslide, reservoir wave, longarone

Coordinates: 46.26722, 12.32889

Part of Dam failures that killed 100 or more people since 1900

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