Dam Toll 1,800 -Towns Wiped Out In Night Of Horror
Dam Toll 1,800 -Towns Wiped Out In Night Of Horror
In one of the most horrifying disasters of modern times a flood in northern Italy takes 1,800 lives. A great wall of water was sent over the Vajont (Viaont) Dam by a landslide that poured from Mt. Top. The wall of water roared down the valley of the River Piave and wiped out towns and hamlets. In the Village of Longarone, for example, 80% of the inhabitants died in the cataclysm. Vajont Dam, Italy The aftermath and damage left behind after a flood of water broke loose from the walls of the Vajont Dam. MS - A shot of the dam's retaining wall. CUS - An artist illustration on how a land-slide plummeted down the side of the mountain, over the wall of the dam and flooded and destroyed towns and took life s. MLS - Rock breaking apart from the mountain. MS - The River Piave flowing with lumber from homes and other household items. MCUS - The twisted remains of railroad tracks. MS - Survivors standing and just looking at the river flowing with lumber and other thing once valued by the people. MS - Italian military assisting in the rescue operation. MCUS - Rescue group carrying away a dead body. MCUS - Three bewildered men looking in disbelief. CUS - Another dead body carried away. CUS - A little baby that survived. MCUS - USA Army helicopter assisting in the rescue and distributing supplies. MS - Italian army carrying away a dead body. MCUS - Damaged buildings MS - A mass of bricks and lumber where building once stood