3 Dam Failures That Should Have Been Impossible
Three dam failures that seemed almost impossible — but happened anyway. From California’s St. Francis Dam disaster, to Italy’s Vajont Dam catastrophe, to China’s hidden Banqiao Dam failure, this video looks at the warnings, mistakes, and decisions that turned engineering projects into some of the most terrifying disasters in history. Chapters: 00:00 Dam Failures That Should Have Been Impossible 00:29 The Canyon That Should Have Been Safe 01:31 The Dam Begins to Leak 02:35 The Warning Mulholland Dismissed 03:30 The St. Francis Dam Collapses 04:28 The Flood Reaches the Valley 05:29 The Calls That Saved Lives 06:27 Mulholland Takes the Blame 07:24 What Really Broke Beneath the Dam 08:23 The Mountain That Walked 09:56 The Journalist Who Warned Them 10:25 Monte Toc Starts Moving 11:25 They Tried to Control the Landslide 12:24 The Night Vajont Exploded 13:26 Longarone Is Destroyed 14:29 The Dam That Survived the Disaster 15:28 China’s Hidden Catastrophe 16:32 The Hydrologist They Ignored 16:59 Typhoon Nina Stalls Over Henan 18:01 Banqiao Runs Out of Time 18:58 The Iron Dam Fails 19:58 The Disaster After the Flood 20:55 The Death Toll China Hid 21:59 The Deadliest Dam Failure Ever Recorded #DamFailure #EngineeringDisaster #HiddenEarth #DisasterHistory #DarkHistory #TrueDisaster
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