Disasters, Dams, pic: 13th October 1963, Longarone, northern Italy, A priest kneels beside a dead body in the village below the Vajont (Vaiont) Dam in Northern Italy, On 9th October 1963, after heavy rain, giant landslides fell into the resevoir, which caused a tidal wave of water to flow over the dam, and engulf the villages below, where some 2000 people died  (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)