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LONGARONE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 26: Elvira one of the oldest survivors in Casso has a moment of sorrow while she explains the final hours before the landslide on September 26, 2013 in Longarone, Italy. The Vajont tragedy happened on the night of the 9th October 1963, when a landslide broke away from Mount Toc and fell into the Vajont river causing a wave that struck the neighboring towns, the devastation was total, more than 2000 people died and only few lucky villagers survived. (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)

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LONGARONE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 26: Elvira one of the oldest survivors in Casso has a moment of sorrow while she explains the final hours before the landslide on September 26, 2013 in Longarone, Italy. The Vajont tragedy happened on the night of the 9th October 1963, when a landslide broke away from Mount Toc and fell into the Vajont river causing a wave that struck the neighboring towns, the devastation was total, more than 2000 people died and only few lucky villagers survived. (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)