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Speciale Alluvione Images of the flood and interviews with notable figures regarding its impact; The Florence Flood Archived 5 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine News, archives, and photos for the Florence flood of 1966; Cities and Disaster: The Florence Flood of 1966 A summary of events surrounding the flood. CEDAF Documentation Center on ...
Signs of Acqua alta, including the 1966 flood. While at first the Arno River's Florentine destruction seemed more severe, it was Venice that proved to be more difficult to conserve. John Pope-Hennessy, a British art historian, detected that the first time the full extent of the city's problems was seen:
Danube floods in 1965: Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia: 10: heavy rains, Alps snowmelting and dike failure at Číčov: 1966: 1966 Flood of the Arno River: Italy: 35: heavy rains and snowmelting 1967: 1967 Portugal floods: Portugal: The official death toll was 495 deaths. Unofficial estimates are of at least 700 deaths ...
Floodwaters from the Swannanoa River overwhelmed Asheville, N.C., which saw catastrophic damage. The river crested at Asheville's Biltmore Estate at 26.1 feet, nearly 6 feet above the record.
The death toll jumped by more than 50 on Thursday to at least 155 in Valencia alone, according to rescuers and the state-run news agency EFE. Three people died in other regions.
As of 10:30 p.m., the river was down to 20.9 feet. The previous record for that location was 20.7 feet. According to the NOAA’s standards, major flooding begins at 18 feet.
Florence: Days of Destruction (Italian: Per Firenze) is a 1966 documentary about the 1966 Flood of the Arno River and its catastrophic effect on the city of Florence. . Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, it is Zeffirelli's only documentary, and features the only known film footage of th
The death toll is the highest from floods in Europe since 1970, when 209 people died in Romania. Scientists say extreme weather events are becoming more frequent due to climate change.