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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