Hydroelectric Power: How it Works U.S. Geological Survey
The Malpasset Dam failure in Fréjus on the French Riviera (Côte d’Azur), southern France, collapsed on December 2, 1959, killing 423 people in the resulting flood. The creation of a dam in a geologically inappropriate location may cause disasters such as 1963 disaster at Vajont Dam in Italy, where almost
