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At 22:39 two hundred sixty million cubic meters of mountains plunge into the lake to 100 km per hour.

The water, soars. Form a wave with three points, 250 meters high. The first is the country's highest (Casso) and is injured .. The people come out and see that over Casso there is nothing, not even the road. Just below the village of Erto there is a rock, which breaks the second wave, protecting the country. But it does not save the villages, which have 347 deaths.
The third part of the wall of water over the dam ... 50 million cubic meters of water flying over the diga. A "lake flying" often 70 feet pointing towards Longarone
A Spar people are in cafes for the Eurovision: Real Madrid - Glasgow Rangers, the final of the Champions Cup. The lights go out. ... Will be a time ... Meanwhile the wind comes. A steady wind, damp, which increases. As the sound of train. Wet clothes, they smell of earth, takes your breath away. The air compressed by the water that pushes, buying power. So much power: the double explosion of the Hiroshima bomb. Half of the victims is pulverized: nothing will be found of them.
After the air, the water arrives. A flight of 4 minutes, path 80 km per hour. At 22:43 the wave that overtook the dam affects the bed of the Piave. It collects stones and swoops of Blyth, deleting it. The water spreads on the bed of the Piave, dropping to golle and up to 2 km upstream. The river level rises of 12 meters in a few moments. After 15 minutes, the wave reflux back down to smooth everything, like the surf on the beach .... By transforming the valley into a plain of mud .... (from Focus.it) „