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  2. 1966 flood of the Arno - Wikipedia

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    The 1966 flood of the Arno (Italian: Alluvione di Firenze del 4 novembre 1966) in Florence killed 101 people and damaged or destroyed millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. It is considered the worst flood in the city's history since 1557.

  3. Arno - Wikipedia

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    High water marks of Arno river floods on August 13, 1547 (left) and November 3, 1844 (metal plate on the right). Photographed in Via delle Casine. The flood on November 4, 1966 collapsed the embankment in Florence, killing at least 40 people and damaging or destroying millions of works of art and rare books. New conservation techniques were ...

  4. Scolmatore dell'Arno - Wikipedia

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    Lo Scolmatore dell'Arno (The Arno floodway) is a 28 kilometers (17 mi) artificial flood control channel of the river Arno from Pontedera to the Ligurian Sea at Calambrone. As a consequence of the Arno flood of 1949, it was decided to start the construction of Scolmatore dell'Arno in 1954 at a cost of more than 10 billion lire of the time.

  5. Florence: Days of Destruction - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. 'It was really surreal': North Carolina residents watched ...

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    The breadth of damage was unexpected. "It was really surreal," Yattaeu said of the rapid rise of the Swannanoa River. "Like, at the beginning it was all fun and games.

  7. Roswell flooding turns deadly as record-rainfall soaks New ...

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    The Spring River channel overflowed causing what the National Weather Service in Albuquerque described as "extreme flooding" in downtown Roswell and throughout the southeastern New Mexico town of ...

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