Seconds from Disaster Season 5 Episode 3
Episode Title: Mountain Tsunami
Genre:
Documentary
Countries:
UK,
Airing Date: March 25, 2012
Runtime:60 mins
IMDb Rating:
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Seconds from Disaster: In 1960 construction of Europe's tallest dam is completed in the Vajont Valley in Northern Italy - the jewel in the crown of an ambitious hydro-electric generation scheme. But as the new reservoir fills, a vast section of mountainside is dislodged and creeps towards the lake. The power company know the landslide has the potential to cause a devastating tsunami if it hits the water at speed, so they develop a plan to ease the landslide down by adjusting the level of the lake. For two years there are no problems, but in October 1963, the landslide suddenly accelerates