"On the 9th of October, 1963, a mega tsunami swept along the Vajont river valley in northern Italy..."
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Background
03:41 - The Vajont Dam Disaster
07:04 - The Aftermath
MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
► "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell
SOURCES:
► "October 9, 1963: Vajont" by David Bressan, published by Scientific American, October 2011. Link: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/history-of-geology/october-9-1963-vajont/
► "The 1963 Vaiont Landslide" by Rinaldo Genevois and Monica Ghirotti, published by the Journal of Applied Geology, January 2005. Available via: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345813463_The_1963_Vaiont_Landslide_Giornale_di_Geologia_Applicata_1_2005_41_-52
► "Italy Vajont anniversary: Night of the 'tsunami'" by Mark Duff, published by BBC News, October 2013. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24464867
► "Case Study: Vajont Dam" by Lee Mauney, published by the Association of State Dam Safety Officials. Link: https://damfailures.org/case-study/vajont-dam-italy-1963/
CORRECTION
► At one point in this video I state that tests showed the dam should not be filled above a height 700 metres (or 2297 feet). I phrased this terribly, so it sounds like I'm talking about the maximum depth of the lake. Actually I'm referring to the maximum *altitude* (or height above sea level) that the surface of the lake could reach.
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