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The Vajont Dam in Italy, which in 1963 suffered a landslide causing a wave that overtopped the dam by over 800 feet and killed almost 2000 people.

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The Vajont Dam disaster. The Italian government insisted on the safety of the dam despite early warning signs, even arresting some journalists for reporting on the issue. A 250m wave was generated by a massive landslide, 5x the height of the tsunami that struck SE Asia in 2004.

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