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.

2020年11月10日 · 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. At the time, the Vajont Dam was the tallest in the world — but was built between two unstable peaks.

2025年2月19日 · 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 one of the tallest dams in the world.

2020年2月25日 · 13 Facts about the Deadly Vajont Dam Engineering Disaster. The incident, which destroyed entire villages, is described as one of the worst man-made environmental disasters of all time.

2024年10月9日 · Today marks the 61st anniversary of one of Italy’s most devastating tragedies: the Vajont Dam disaster, which claimed the lives of nearly 2,000 people, including 487 children, in the Piave Valley of Friuli Venezia Giulia on October 9, 1963.

2023年10月10日 · On October 9th, 1963, at 10:39 pm, a catastrophic landslide fell into the Vajont Reservoir, triggering a mega-tsunami that flooded the Piave Valley below, claiming nearly 2,000 lives,...

On the night of October 9, 1963, a massive rockslide occurred with the reservoir 782 feet deep (elev. 700.4 meters). At the time of slide, the reservoir level was 82 feet below the dam crest elevation and the reservoir volume was around 109,000 acre-feet.

2018年1月19日 · 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 reservoir,...

October 9, 1963, a landslide into the Vajont-reservoir triggers an Alpine tsunami, killing 2,000 people. It was a man-made disaster.