The huge tragedy took place on October 9, 1963.
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Twelve-year-old Micaela Coletti was lying in bed on the evening of October 9, 1963, when she heard a bang resembling thunder. Moments later, a giant wave ripped her from the house and carried her through a valley hundreds of yards away. Micaela survived. Nearly two thousand other people did not. Where did the two-hundred-meter mass of water come from? And why, until the last moments, did the inhabitants of Longarone, northern Italy, have no idea…
The huge tragedy took place on October 9, 1963.
The article Vajont Dam Disaster: The tidal wave had the power of two Hiroshima bombs. It killed 2,000 people, tearing bodies to pieces was first shown on interez.sk.