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Vajont disaster: surviving the wave was impossible
Fifty-six years ago Europe woke up to news of a disaster that struck a mountain valley, 100km north of Venice. A land slide caused an overflow of the 260m higher artificial Vajont lake and flooded with heavy force the small town of Longarone. In just a few seconds, over 2000 people were killed. Whole families and communities were married under mud.
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