Chronicle of an announced tragedy one of the most sensational intrigue 60s

A mountain that is about to collapse a dam that creates an artificial lake

I was returning home when the car suddenly began to shake and I realized that I was flying I had just turned off the light when I heard a strong wind and the earth tremble, I went to bed, I grabbed my two children but the water swept over me.

I felt suffocated by the mass of mud the water carried me up and down and I felt so many laments

October 9, 1963 was a quiet autumn day, at 22:30 the people were nearly all gathered around the television to watch the European Cup Finals, others were sleeping; no one expected such a tragedy. All was quiet when suddenly at a terrible roar, a cold wind that stopped the clocks, something terrible had destroyed the town of Longarone. An immense quantity of water had spilled onto the houses.

Part of the mountain slope broke off and collapsed into the dam that had just been completed. A gigantic wave inundated the valley, burying everything under water and mud. Forever.

The testimony of journalist Tina Merlin

The guilty