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		educational tools  
		on the 1996 flood: 
		
		
		 
		
		
		
		  
		
		  
		
		"rains and ruins":
		 
		exhibition and catalogue realised in 2016-2017 
		
		"flood memories" 
		 
		multimedia realised in 2001 and updated in 2016 
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		On 19th June 1996, an extremely 
		heavy rainstorm occurred in Versilia and Garfagnana (southern Apuan Alps).
		 
		The rainstorm caused a devastanting flood and hundreds of landslides 
		and debris flows, that produced huge damage and killed 14 people. 
		The event of 19th June 1996 was of an exceptional magnitude: 474 
		mm rainfall was recorded within 12 hours only... 
		In this section, you 
		can find many documents on the Geopark activities developed after the 
		catastrophic event.  
		Click the buttons on the left connecting to the scientific articles and 
		educational tools telling this event. 
		 
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							shallow landslide in Alta Versilia after 
							the event of 19th June 1996 
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