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An 800-foot tsunami hit a dam - then a valley was wiped out
The Vajont Dam disaster began when about 574 billion pounds of rock collapsed into the reservoir in roughly 45 seconds. The impact created a tsunami-like wave that surged up to around 800 feet, ...
The Vajont Dam disaster was one of the deadliest engineering failures in modern history. Engineers were warned repeatedly that the mountain above the reservoir was unstable, yet construction continued ...
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