5 of the most horrific hydroelectric dam failures in the world.
(Baonghean.vn) - A hydroelectric dam collapse is always a horrific disaster for humanity because it can sweep away and carry away anything when thousands of meters of water crash.3The floodwaters rushed down. The past always serves as a bitter lesson for future generations, showing how public infrastructure projects can become disasters, claiming the lives of thousands of people.
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| In 1802, there was a historic heavy rain atSpainThis caused the Pantano de Puentes dam in the Lorca region to collapse under the pressure of the water, resulting in at least 608 deaths. Thousands of meters of water flowed downstream.3The floodwaters rushed into the residential area, affecting 1,800 homes and more than 40,000 trees. |
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| In ItalyIn October 1963, one of the world's tallest dams, the Vajont Dam, located in the Vajont River valley, unexpectedly collapsed due to an earthquake. In just 45 seconds, 260 million cubic meters of water fell.3The water covered the entire area. Even the water from the reservoir, when it flowed into nearby villages, created waves as high as 250 meters, resulting in approximately 2,000 deaths. |
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| In the United StatesThe collapse of the South Fork Dam in 1889 went down in the history of the world's number one economy with 2,209 deaths. Before the "disaster," the dam in Pennsylvania had been repeatedly warned of leaks in many places, but the engineers were unable to repair them all. And what was bound to happen did happen: when rainfall in May 1889 exceeded the reservoir's capacity, 20 tons of water caused the South Fork Dam to collapse, resulting in at least $17 million in damage and 2,209 deaths. |
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| In India,Due to negligence and a lack of emergency measures, the heavy rains and floods of 1979 caused the Machchu-2 dam on the Machhu (Morbi) River to collapse, resulting in the deaths of thousands of people. To this day, there is no official report on the number of deaths. However, many Indian sources claim the number must be as high as 15,000. Within just 20 minutes, waves 10 meters high submerged a town 5 kilometers away. This event has gone down in world history as the Morbi Disaster. |
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| InChinaThe Banqiao hydroelectric dam collapse is considered the worst dam failure in the country's history. Built in 1952 on the Huainan River in Henan Province, it was one of China's first large-scale hydroelectric dams. However, in 1975, Super Typhoon Nina (one of the five most destructive super typhoons in the world) struck the country, with rainfall reaching 1605.3 mm in three days. This dam collapse resulted in approximately 171,000 deaths and left around 11 million homeless as more than 5 million homes were destroyed. |
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