As a Result of the Landslide at the Vaiont Dam

question 27

Multiple Choice

As a result of the landslide at the Vaiont Dam, northern Italy, in 1963, approximately 3000 people died __.

• A) as their houses that had been built on the landslide were destroyed
• B) as their houses were buried by the landslide
• C) when the landslide impacted and destroyed the dam structure
• D) when slope failure allowed the dam structure to be pushed downstream by the water pressure of the reservoir
• E) as a huge wave of water was displaced from the reservoir by the landslide

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