US EditionItaly Remembers the Vajont Dam Disaster
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Soldiers cover victims after the Vajont disaster in Longarone in 1963 (Symbolic image) (Photo by Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images) Getty Images On October 9, 1963, one of the greatest tragedies in Italian history took place: the Vajont disaster. Exactly 62 years have passed since that evening that forever marked the country's memory, with 1,917 innocent victims. The tragedy occurred at 10:39 PM when approximately 270 million cubic meters…
Italy remembers the Vajont Dam disaster
Vajont Dam disaster occurred 62 years ago today. The Vajont Dam disaster claimed the lives of almost 2,000 people, including 487 children, in the Piave valley of northern Italy on the night of 9 October 1963. The disaster occurred when a vast landslide collided into the artificial reservoir formed by the 260-metre high dam over the Vajont river which flows through the Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto regions. The landslide, comprising around…
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