Tesero Dam disaster
- Title
- Tesero Dam disaster
- Genre
- News report
- TX Date
- 20 Jul 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:01:28
- Description
- Report on the Tesero Dam disaster in the Trentino (German-speaking) South Tyrol region of Italy, on 19/07/85. The collapsing of the dam caused a tidal wave which claimed 268 victims, many tourists (death toll not known at this stage). Male reporter not identified.
- Further information
- http://www.economy-point.org/t/tesero-dam-failure.html
- Contributors
- None Identified
- Keywords
- Deaths; Damage; Floods; Italy; Disasters; Rescue work; Search and rescue operations; Dams; Tesero Dam; Trentino
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