Malpasset Dam
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The Malpasset Dam was an arch dam on the Reyran River, north of Fréjus on the French Riviera. It collapsed on 2 December 1959, killing 423 people in the resulting flood. The breach was caused by a tec
The ruins of the dam 2014
The breached Malpasset Dam
Aerial photograph of the Malpasset dam in 1955
Works after the collapse 1959
Dam failure
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A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled releas
Malpasset Dam
…collapsed with only a few blocks remaining on the right bank. Pieces of the dam are still scattered throughout the area. The breach created a massive dam-break wave, or wall of water, 40 m (44 yd; 130 ft) high and moving at 70 km/h (38 kn; 43 mph), destroying two small villages, Malpasset and Bozon, the highway…
The reservoir emptying through the failed Teton Dam on June 5, 1976
Ruins of the dam of Vega de Tera (Spain) after breaking in 1959
Takato Dam