English: Flooding disaster in 589 - one of the largest in history of Italy. Western Roman Empire. The consequence of the invasion of the Lombards. The location of the hydraulic breakthrough Rotta della Cucca (Breach at Cucca) is indicated with circle. The city of Kucca is the modern city of Veronella. The breakthrough led to floods, breakthroughs of other dams and changes in river beds, provoking the "Domino Effect", which is why the port of Adria, which gave its name to the Adriatic Sea, was cut off from the sea for 22 kilometers inland. The invasion of the Lombards in the Western Roman Empire and the ruin of agricultural land. The Lombard king Authari had the goal of isolating large Italian cities such as Padua from Byzantine army based in Ravenna on South and franks army of Childebert II on north-west. Repair and daily maintenance were stopped at dozens of dams and dams and irrigation canal locks. Cucca was located on the territory of the Lombard duchy of Vicenza, founded by the Lombards to separate Padua from Ravenna. Padua will be conquered by the lombards in 601.