1979 Machchhu dam failure

When

11 Aug 1979

Kind

Event

Coordinates

22.68° N, 70.92° E

Description

The Machchu-2 dam in Morbi, India, collapses, killing between 1800 and 25000 people in one of the worst ever dam failures.

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1979 flood disaster in Gujarat, India

The Machchhu dam failure or Morbi disaster is a dam-related flood disaster which occurred on 11 August, 1979. The Machchu-2 dam, situated on the Machchhu River, failed, sending a wall of water through the town of Morbi of Gujarat, India. Estimates of the number of people killed vary greatly, ranging from 1,800 to 25,000 people.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im indischen Bundesstaat Gujarat ereignet sich bei der Stadt Morvi ein Bruch der Machhu-II-Talsperre nach schweren Regenfällen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “rupture du barrage Macchu-2 près de Morvi en Inde provoquant entre et”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page