Ribadelago
Ribadelago is a village located in province of Zamora, Spain. It is in the Galende municipality. It was partially destroyed in 1959 due to a Vega de Tera disaster, dam failure in Vega de Tera reservoir, which caused 144 deaths. References

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Vega De Tera Disaster
The Vega de Tera disaster, (also known as the Ribadelago disaster 'Catástrofe de Ribadelago'' was a flood that occurred on the early morning of 9 January 1959 in the Province of Zamora, Spain. The flood was caused by the failure of a dam, releasing water from the Vega de Tera reservoir. A total of 144 of the 664 residents in Ribadelago were killed. It was the first of two fatal dam failures in Europe that year; in December, the collapse of the Malpasset Dam resulted in over 400 fatalities. Background The Tera River basin located within Sanabria Lake Natural Park, is a geological horst, uplifted by the Cabrera Valley Fault in the north, and the Las Portillas Fault in the south. The horst is part of the Montes de León mountain range. The range consists of granite, gneiss and volcanic rocks. The dam was constructed over the Tera River. Construction of the dam began in 1954 and ended in 1956, with the dam wall high and spanning across. It had a maximum capacity to hold of ...
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