Morvi dam burst
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The Morvi dam burst is the worst flood disaster to happen in independent India. On August 12,1979, the dam, situated on the Manchhu, river burst and that sent a wall of water through the town of Morvi in Indian state of Gujarat killing about 15,000 people. [1]
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