Residents of the valley of Vajont in Italy had reservations about a new hydroelectric dam–especially when cracks began to appear in the nearby mountain. Their worst fears were soon to be confirmed.
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Italian engineers are the best hahahehehuhuhhihi
Next dam will be the three gout dam in China millions wil dieds
Again, engineers, planners, specialists underestimate. Too many disasters. Maybe they, like weavers, add extra they don't expect to need but if it turns out they do need it are grateful for it.
What's with the foreign accent voiceover??
The worst man made disaster is man itself
Oops, thought this was a video about Hillary.
did you really sync the italian guy with an italian accent?
Site C?
This is the second video I’ve seen of Italy ?? claiming to have the worst man-made Dam disaster in history! Once again 2 towns wiped off the map by mud, sand, and water! Out of two whole towns 13 people survived! Basically, Italy needs better engineers like NOW! If they tell you the dam is safe move immediately or you may die!
Another man made disaster, go figure. People…. you are not God, stop pretending you are
Sad to see a cute town like that with years of history just gone in a few minutes RIP
Man is the worst natural disaster on record.
Personally I'd say the Smithsonian is the biggest man made disasters ever to mankind……….The incredibly devious ways they've gone to hiding our true history……FACT.
The extremely worst man- made disaster, Trump as President.
One of the worst man made destructions is a yeast infection.
That outro jingle is a bigger disaster…
?️ And This Is Why Man Will Build Their Dams So When They Sin In Wickedness My Father God Can Destroy It. I actually don't get why but up a wall if you know nature doesn't want you to, who made you people rullers….?️
All the dignitaries the mayor important townsfolk the engineers etc went up to the dam to watch it. Imagine the looks on their faces when they knew they were about to be obliterated by this cataclysm
Thumbnail looks like the Frank Slide from Canada.
Thumbs down you have the wrong story the greatest man-made disaster of all time was
WORLD WAR 2 it could have been prevented (Don't have to tell me I know I am right)
Global Warming again!
This is my nightmare!!
I don't think in general, people realize how powerful and heavy water is! Not even a mountain can hold it back if a lot of water builds up force against it! Sadly, Vajont Dam proved that. (And moving water is even more forceful, standing in even 6 to 8 inches of water can knock you off your feet if it is moving fast enough!)
MAN MADE DISASTER BHOPAL GAS INCIDENT…….AT LEAST 16000 PEOPLE DIED AND 600000 LAKHS INFECTED……..2DECEMBER 1984….
Why did the translation have to be "accentised"….? A normal English sound wud have done the job….
Not even gunna watch. Just want to tell that humans are the biggest disaster the earth has ever known. Edit. Not to the earth, just all life on earth. Including humans.
MAGA
Can we include the american democrat party in this list?
I like the fact that they were expecting it to happen. I don't want to know what would happen if the dam was full up to it's limit…
Not as bad as Johnstown in Pennsylvania.
I thought it will be something about last season of GoT ?
I was just looking at the town on google earth. You can still see the devastation that occurred.
You call it worst ?
ever heard about Bhopal Gas Tragedy ?
Sick idea
A much worse man-made disaster was Chairman Mao. 50 million died because of that one.
Oops
Dam, it's scary. Now I wonder what are the safety guidelines/requirements before making reservoirs on a location… how do engineers hold mountains below it…. do they check the mountain's ability not to sip water? How is that? I got lotsa questions.
And to think, the water just jumped off the spillway walls (please correct this term) is UGH! It held the tons of soil.
I can't believe people would live just below a efin dam
How to test an official's confidence: have him move his house next to the dam.
One of the Worst Man-Made Disasters in History: 8 YEARS UNDER EMPERIOR BARACKUS BISEXUALUS OBAMAFUKUS
Never Heard Of Fukushima Then.
Such a bunch of horseshit, you don't "expect" a 720 million tones amount of rock to "fall in the reservoir at a certain speed" , it was clear the dam will be destroyed but they were corrupted like other officials .
3787 people were killed in Bhopal gas tragedy, 16000 estimated. It was worse than this.
Human destroy the wolrd
Again and again politicians and unionized government employees are a crime gang.
What Could Possibly Gone Wrong?
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