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New study says Vajont landslide was a double collapse
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A new study on the 1963 Vajont disaster, published in Italy, argues the mountain landslide occurred in two phases. Researchers say a clay layer hardened like rock, giving a colossal push to the water in the reservoir and amplifying the wave that destroyed Longarone and killed nearly 2,000 people. Italian media, especially in the Veneto, are giving prominence to the findings, which revise the accepted reconstruction of one of the country's worst man-made catastrophes.
Why now: Fresh scientific findings revising the causes of the Vajont disaster are drawing attention in Italy.
Vajont damCorriere del VenetoVenetoLongaroneItaly
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- Nuovo studio sul disastro del Vajont, la frana fu doppia: «L'argilla divenne dura come una roccia e questo diede una spinta colossale all'acqua» · Corriere del Veneto
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