"is influenced mainly by dispersion characteristics and is not often used when investigating tsunamis in lakes, as most lake tsunamis are related only to near field processes. A modern example of a landslide into a reservoir lake, overtopping a dam, occurred in Italy with the Vajont Dam disaster in 1963. Evidence exists in paleoseismological evidence and other sedimentary core sample proxies of catastrophic rock failures of landslide-triggered lake tsunamis worldwide, including in Lake Geneva during AD 563. In the event of the Alpine fault in New Zealand rupturing in the South Island, it is predicted that there would be shaking"
"The TV show ""Seconds From Disaster"" featured the event in episode two of the fifth season, ""Mountain Tsunami"" in 2012. In 2013, the eleventh stage of the Giro d'Italia finished in Vajont to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the disaster. The TV show ""Make It Out Alive"" (Smithsonian Channel) featured the disaster in November 2017 in Season 1, Episode 6. In March 2018, the dam and the disaster were also covered in Season 2, Episode 1 of Science Channel's ""Mysteries of the Abandoned."" Vajont Dam The Vajont Dam (or Vaiont Dam) is a disused dam, completed in 1959 in the"
"built upstream of Budapest, downstream of Vienna in the latter part of the 20th century, amassing a considerable quantity of water into an artificial lake, and should this earth bank break, similarly to what happened at Kolontaar, 2010, and Vajont 1963 Budapest would be flooded uncontrollably. It is a matter of historical record that the building of this Danube Dam was banned in the Diplomatic District of London in advance by a march and a Note Verbale handed in to the Austrian Embassy, and colour photographs being taken of the principal participants in the action. What is this? Hydrology of"
"Darunta Dam The Darunta Dam () is a hydroelectric power dam located on the Kabul River near Darunta, approximately 7 km west of Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan. Darunta Dam was constructed by Soviet Union (USSR) companies in 1964 and its power station contains three vertical Kaplan turbines (six-blade propeller) with a rated output of 3.85 MW each. Originally, the dam supplied 40 to 45 megawatts of electrical power but silting and damage to the system during the Afghan civil war has reduced its actual output to 11.5 megawatts. The plant is currently in very poor"
"in Veneto. The ""comune"" is composed by the main settlements of Erto, the administrative seat, and Casso. The other hamlets, (""frazioni""), composed by few scattered farmhouses, are the localities of Forcai, Pineda, San Martino, and Val da Pont. The village of Erto was first mentioned in 8th century. Differently from Casso, in which is spoken ""bellunese"" (a Venetian dialect), the local language is a dialect of Ladin language, colloquailly named ""ertano"". Erto and Casso were the two villages in the Vajont () valley, above the artificial lake, before the Vajont Dam disaster on 9 October 1963. The landslide and flood"
"Bissorte Dam The Bissorte Dam (French: ""Barrage de Bissorte"") is a gravity dam in the Maurienne Valley, in Savoie, France, about east of Valmeinier. It was built from 1930 to 1935 to supply a hydroelectric plant capable of generating 75 megawatts (MW) of power. The complex was reconfigured from 1980 to 1986 in order to add a 750 MW pumped-storage power plant known as ""Super-Bissorte"", the third most powerful in France after Grand'Maison and Montézic. The Bissorte Dam is perched on an ancient glacial basin, now alpine tundra, in the Massif des Cerces. It is close to the Valfréjus ski"
"to go forward silently without regrets, into the night's peace. Maybe a last one, a last moment of peace. VAJONT: This song is about the Vajont’s tragedy, October 9, 1963 260 million m³ rocks fell on the artificial lake of the dam, causing death to 2000 people and destroying the town of Longarone and the villages nearby all at once, with a huge deadly wave. The landslide was natural, in an uninhabited place, but the reason this is an unforgivable crime is that the SADE society didn’t just build the world's biggest dam in the wrong place, despite many opposed"
"MW at 22:20 hours from the Tignes, Super-Bissorte, La Bathie and Monteynard plants.” Bissorte Dam The Bissorte Dam (French: ""Barrage de Bissorte"") is a gravity dam in the Maurienne Valley, in Savoie, France, about east of Valmeinier. It was built from 1930 to 1935 to supply a hydroelectric plant capable of generating 75 megawatts (MW) of power. The complex was reconfigured from 1980 to 1986 in order to add a 750 MW pumped-storage power plant known as ""Super-Bissorte"", the third most powerful in France after Grand'Maison and Montézic. The Bissorte Dam is perched on an ancient glacial basin, now alpine"
"were also put in place. In the same years undersea electrical cables were put in place to connect the peninsula and the islands of Elba (1966), Ischia (1967) and Sardinia through Corsica (1967). Enel was involved in the Vajont Dam disaster, which took place at the Vajont reservoir, which was artificially created to produce a large quantity of hydroelectric power. On 9 October 1963 a huge landslide of 260 million cubic metres fell into the reservoir. The dam and power plant had been built by SADE (Società Adriatica di Elettricità – Adriatic Electricity Company) and then sold to Edison and"
"tremors and power outages. During the beginnings of the Vajont Dam in Italy, there were seismic shocks recorded during its initial fill. After a landslide almost filled the reservoir in 1963, causing a massive flooding and around 2,000 deaths, it was drained and consequently seismic activity was almost non-existent. On August 1, 1975, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake at Oroville, California, was attributed to seismicity from a large earth-fill dam and reservoir recently constructed and filled. The filling of the Katse Dam in Lesotho, and the Nurek Dam in Tajikistan is an example. In Zambia, Kariba Lake may have provoked similar"
"disasters such as 1963 disaster at Vajont Dam in Italy, where almost 2,000 people died. The Malpasset Dam failure in Fréjus on the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur), southern France, collapsed on December 2, 1959, killing 423 people in the resulting flood. Smaller dams and micro hydro facilities create less risk, but can form continuing hazards even after being decommissioned. For example, the small earthen embankment Kelly Barnes Dam failed in 1977, twenty years after its power station was decommissioned; causing 39 deaths. Hydroelectricity eliminates the flue gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion, including pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, nitric oxide,"
"Glanum Dam The Glanum Dam, also known as the ""Vallon de Baume"" dam, was a Roman arch dam built to supply water to the Roman town of Glanum, the remains of which stand outside the town of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in south-west France. It was situated south of Glanum, in a gorge that cut into the hills of Les Alpilles in the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis. Dating to the 1st century BC, it was the earliest known dam of its kind. The remains of the dam were destroyed during the construction of a modern replacement in 1891, which now facilitates the"
"Glanum Dam The Glanum Dam, also known as the ""Vallon de Baume"" dam, was a Roman arch dam built to supply water to the Roman town of Glanum, the remains of which stand outside the town of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in south-west France. It was situated south of Glanum, in a gorge that cut into the hills of Les Alpilles in the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis. Dating to the 1st century BC, it was the earliest known dam of its kind. The remains of the dam were destroyed during the construction of a modern replacement in 1891, which now facilitates the"
"Italy caused 260 million m³ of debris to fall into the lake behind the Vajont Dam, sending a wave of water into the valley that killed up to 2,500 people. Mountainside collapses have caused similar though smaller lake tsunamis in at least three lakes in Switzerland – Lake Lucerne, Lake Lauerz and Lake Brienz. The danger is recognised by Switzerland's Federal Office for Civil Protection, which takes the risk of landslide-caused tsunamis into account in its disaster planning. Certain mountains, such as the Rigi and the Bürgenstock, present more of a risk. It is not uncommon for large boulders to"
"participants to access some locations inside the mountain. On 12 February 2008, while launching the International Year of Planet Earth, UNESCO cited the Vajont Dam tragedy as one of five ""cautionary tales"", caused by ""the failure of engineers and geologists"". For 2013, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the disaster, the region of Venice set aside one million euro for safety works and recovery of tunnels inside the mountain which were part of the ""road Colomber"" (the old national road 251). The memorial church in Longarone—although its construction was strongly opposed by the surviving parish priest—is a late"
"disaster. The country has also operated several nuclear reactors between 1963 and 1990 but, after the Chernobyl disaster and a referendum on the issue the nuclear programme was terminated, a decision that was overturned by the government in 2008, planning to build up to four nuclear power plants with French technology. This was in turn struck down by a referendum following the Fukushima nuclear accident. Deforestation, illegal building developments and poor land-management policies have led to significant erosion all over Italy's mountainous regions, leading to major ecological disasters like the 1963 Vajont Dam flood, the 1998 Sarno and 2009 Messina"
"Maithon Dam The Maithon Dam () is located at Maithon, 48 km from Dhanbad, in the state of Jharkhand. It is long and . high. This dam was specially designed for flood control and generates 60,000 kW of electric power. There is an underground power station, the first of its kind in the whole of South East Asia. The dam is constructed on the Barakar River. The lake is spread over . DVC is the first-ever multipurpose river valley project of independent India which came into being on July 7, 1948 by an act of Constituent Assembly (Act no. XIV"
"Castellavazzo Castellavazzo is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region of Veneto, located about north of Venice and about northeast of Belluno. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,735 and an area of . On 9 October 1963 at 10:35 pm, heavy rainfall and the 3rd drawing of the Vajont Dam triggered a landslide. It was of rock, forest and earth that slid into the Vajont Dam at . This then caused a high tsunami that overtopped the dam and flooded Castellavazzo and other villages such as Longarone, Pirago, Rivalta, Villanova,"
"Hungary the name of Gömör/Gemer preserved only in the name of a small village, Gömörszőlős, the Gömör Museum in Putnok, and in that of Gömöri station, the smaller railway station of Miskolc. Since 1993, when Czechoslovakia was split, Gemer and Malohont became part of Slovakia's Banská Bystrica Region. Gemer Gemer (, , , Latin: ""Gömörinum"") was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. In the 19th century, and in the beginning of the 20th century, it was united with the Kishont region (in Slovak: Malohont) to form Gömör-Kishont county (in Slovak: ""Gemer-Malohont""). Its territory is now in southern"
"Éguzon Dam The Éguzon dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Creuse River in central France. Construction took place from 1922 to 1926 and, at the time, was the largest dam in Europe. The dam is 61 metres high and 300 metres across, with the thickness varying from 54 metres at the base to 5 metres at the top. The water behind the dam creates the Chambon Lake which, at 312 hectares, is the largest body of water in the region, and is popular with watersports enthusiasts. Electricity generation is via six valves, with a power of 12 MW each,"
"Banat The Banat (, ) is a geographical and historical region in Central Europe that is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of Timiș, Caraș-Severin, Arad south of the Körös/Criș river, and the western part of Mehedinți); the western part in northeastern Serbia (mostly included in Vojvodina, except a small part included in the Belgrade Region); and a small northern part lies within southeastern Hungary (Csongrád county). The region of Banat is populated by ethnic Romanians, Serbs, Hungarians, Germans, Krashovani, Ukrainians, Slovaks, Bulgarians, Czechs, Croats, Jews, Romani and other ethnicities. During the"
"dam is the northern-most intra-urban valley dam in Europe. Jablonec holds the Czech Mint (Česká mincovna) after Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia (the Czechoslovakian mint, also known as the Kremnica Mint, is now in Slovakia). Jablonec shares the tramway line which connects it to its neighboring city, Liberec. The town is nowadays represented by FK Baumit Jablonec in the Czech first division, the Synot liga. Before the Second World War, a number of ethnic German football clubs existed in Gablonz, ""Fortuna"", ""DSK"" and ""BSK"". These were merged into ""NSTG Gablonz"" in 1939 by the Nazis, ""NSTG"" standing"
"Émosson Dam The Émosson Dam () is a hydroelectric dam development located in Switzerland in the canton of Valais. A company (Électricité d'Émosson SA) was created in 1954 to build the dam. The Franco-Swiss development, because of the source of capital, uses different pumping water sites and power generation plants. The construction was decided in April 1967. Previously, a border change was made so that the work was entirely on Swiss territory. Indeed, the border would have cut the dam into two. The communes concerned therefore conducted an exchange of territories, endorsed in 1963. Work began in 1967, and commissioning"
"Grande Dixence Dam The Grande Dixence Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Dixence at the head of the Val d'Hérémence in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. At high, it is the tallest gravity dam in the world, fifth tallest dam overall, and the tallest dam in Europe. It is part of the Cleuson-Dixence Complex. With the primary purpose of hydroelectric power generation, the dam fuels four power stations, totaling the installed capacity to , generating approximately annually, enough to power 400,000 Swiss households. The dam withholds Lac des Dix (Lake Dix), its reservoir. With a surface area"
"Şırnak Dam The Şırnak Dam is a gravity dam on the Ortasu River (a tributary of the Hezil River) about southeast of Şırnak town in Şırnak Province, southeast Turkey. Under contract from Turkey's State Hydraulic Works, AGE Inşaat began construction on the dam in 2008 and it was completed in 2012. The reported purpose of the dam is water storage and it can also support a 5 MW hydroelectric power station in the future. Another purpose of the dam which has been widely reported in the Turkish press is to reduce the freedom of movement of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)"
"Eguzon dam, Étang de Soulcem, and Lac de Vouglans. The railway network of France, which stretches is the second most extensive in Western Europe after that of Germany. It is operated by the SNCF, and high-speed trains include the Thalys, the Eurostar and TGV, which travels at in commercial use. The Eurostar, along with the Eurotunnel Shuttle, connects with the United Kingdom through the Channel Tunnel. Rail connections exist to all other neighbouring countries in Europe, except Andorra. Intra-urban connections are also well developed with both underground services (Paris, Lyon, Lille, Marseille, Toulouse, Rennes) and tramway services (Nantes, Strasbourg, Bordeaux,"
"Tignes Dam The Tignes Dam, also known as the Chevril Dam, is an arch dam on the Isère in the municipality of Tignes in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. In planning since the 1920s and under the protest of locals, the dam was constructed between 1948 and 1952 with the purpose of hydroelectric power. At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in Europe. Water from the dam's reservoir, Lac du Chevril, feeds two power stations, the 96 MW Brevieres Power Station and the 332 MW Malgovert Power Station, for a total installed capacity of 428"
"the Venetian State domination in 1420. Longarone was the site of a battle in World War I, in which a few companies of German troops led by Erwin Rommel successfully captured an entire Italian division of over 10,000, retreating after the Battle of Kobarid (Caporetto). Rommel was awarded his Pour le Mérite medal for this achievement. The village was destroyed in the Vajont Dam disaster on October 9, 1963, when a landslide from Monte Toc forced 50 million cubic metres (1,800 million cu ft) of water over the top of the Vajont Dam. Longarone lay in the immediate path of"
"in 1963 that was caused by a landslide at Vajont Dam. There are numerous giant sequoia in parks and reserves. Growth rates in some areas of Europe are remarkable. One young tree in Italy reached tall and trunk diameter in 17 years (Mitchell, 1972). Growth further northeast in Europe is limited by winter cold. In Denmark, where extreme winters can reach , the largest tree was tall and diameter in 1976 and is bigger today. One in Poland has purportedly survived temperatures down to with heavy snow cover. Two members of the German Dendrology Society, E. J. Martin and Illa"
"Vilyuy Dam The Vilyuy Dam () is a large dam and hydroelectric power station on the Vilyuy River in Chernyshevsky, Sakha Republic, Russia. The dam was built between 1964 and 1967 to provide power for diamond mines in the area, and was the first such major structure in the world to be built on permafrost. Vilyuy is reported to have the coldest operating conditions of any hydroelectric plant in the world. The dam is an embankment structure high and long, containing of fill. Its power station has four turbines with a combined capacity of 650 MW, generating 2,710 million KWh"
"1960, SADE was authorised to start filling the basin. In 1962 the dam was nationalized and came under the control of ENEL as part of the Italian Ministry for Public Works. On March 22, 1959, during construction of the Vajont Dam, a landslide at the nearby Pontesei dam created a high wave that killed one person. Throughout the summer of 1960, minor landslides and earth movements were noticed. However, instead of heeding these warning signs, the Italian government chose to sue at least one of the journalists reporting the problems. On 4 November 1960, with the water level in the"
"had just been transferred as part of the nationalisation process to the newly set up Enel. The impact of the landslide created huge waves in the Vajont reservoir, which partially flooded the villages of Erto e Casso and swept over the dam, totally wiping out the towns in the valley below it: Longarone, Pirago, Rivalta, Villanova and Faè. Approximately two thousand people died in the disaster. Enel and Montedison were charged at the ensuing trial as the companies responsible for the disaster, a responsibility considered all more serious because of the predictability of the event. The two companies were forced"
"Beyyurdu Dams on the Bembo River. Şırnak Dam The Şırnak Dam is a gravity dam on the Ortasu River (a tributary of the Hezil River) about southeast of Şırnak town in Şırnak Province, southeast Turkey. Under contract from Turkey's State Hydraulic Works, AGE Inşaat began construction on the dam in 2008 and it was completed in 2012. The reported purpose of the dam is water storage and it can also support a 5 MW hydroelectric power station in the future. Another purpose of the dam which has been widely reported in the Turkish press is to reduce the freedom of"