The Vajont Dam or Vaiont Dam is a disused hydro-electric dam in northern Italy. It is one of the tallest dams in the world, with a height of 262 m (860 ft). [5][6] It is in the valley of the Vajont (river) under Monte Toc, in the municipality of Erto e Casso, 100 km (62 mi) north of Venice.

On October 9, 1963, at 10:39 pm 260 million cubic meters of rock broke off from the top of Monte Toc, on the border between Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia. It fell into the reservoir of the Vajont Dam, producing an enormous wave of at least 50 million cubic meters of water.

Feb 19, 2025 · Vaiont Dam, disused concrete arch dam across the Vaiont River near Monte Toc in Italy. With a height of 262 metres (859 feet) and crest length of 190 metres (623 feet), it is …

Nov 10, 2020 · On October 9, 1963, a landslide at the Vajont Dam reservoir in Northern Italy created an 860-foot wall of water that destroyed the populated valley below.

Oct 9, 2024 · The Vajont Dam, once hailed as an engineering marvel—the tallest of its kind in the world—has never been refilled, a silent monument to the lives lost. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, reflecting on the tragedy, described it as a “disaster that …

Feb 25, 2020 · The Vajont Dam disaster is a sad reminder of what can happen when early warnings about a specific construction aren’t taken into consideration.

Sep 25, 2023 · Unfortunately, a few years later disaster struck: the fall of heavy rains saturated the ground around the dam, making it unstable, and on October 9, 1963, a mass of rock, dirt and trees with a volume of 270 million cubic meters broke away from Mount Toc and plunged into the water-filled reservoir.

On October 9, 1963, a landslide in Italy leads to the deaths of more than 2,000 people when it causes a sudden and massive wave of water to overwhelm a dam. The Diga del Vajont dam was built in...

Jan 19, 2018 · On October 9, 1963, at 10:39 p.m., over 340 million cubic yards of rock toppled from the top of Monte Toc at up to 68 miles per hour. The debris tumbled into the dam’s water …

Oct 10, 2023 · 60 years ago a catastrophic landslide fell into the Vajont Reservoir, triggering a mega-tsunami that flooded the Piave Valley below. Five villages – Longarone, Pirago, Rivalta, Villanova, and Faè...