After the end of the glacier in the Lötschental in Switzerland, the water of a river was thawed. The water masses will make a road to the valley, helpers can only stand without standing. It is hardly possible to intervene with machines because the Schuttberg is unstable.
There are also further sloping slopes. As reported, gigantic rocks, ice cream and scree quantities have buried the Swiss village of Blatten among themselves on Wednesday (see video above). The birch glacier broke off after millions of tons of debris from the top above hit and tore it in the depths. The bed of the Lonza River was also blocked. The water level temporarily increased three meters per hour.
“Unfortunately we can’t do much because the security situation on the site does not allow us to intervene with heavy machines,” said Christian Studer from the Canton Valais. Neither people nor machines would be safe on the Schuttberg, which consists of boulders, loose rubble and glacier ice cream, which should have already melted.
Houses spilled or flooded
“We can ensure that there are no people in a threatened area,” said Studer. Individual houses with a total of 16 residents along the river beds have already been cleaned up. Further evacuations are being prepared. Moreover, a reservoir was emptied as a precautionary measure to serve as a catch basin.
“It is still unclear when we can intervene specifically,” said spokesperson Antoine Jacquod of civil protection. According to the police, the security situation in the affected area is constantly assessed. The approximately 300 inhabitants of the village of Blatten, which had been evacuated on time, lost everything: 90 percent of the village, about 130 houses and the church are buried under a layer of rubbers. This is between 50 and 200 meters thick.
According to the authorities, the less remaining houses are now flooded with water films. The village is approximately 1500 meters. The Swiss supervision of the mountains had already caused warnings in the middle of the afternoon that threatened a landslide above the village. When the columns in the rock grew rapidly, the call came on May 19 to leave the area within an hour. Many people have only packed the bald supplies.
Source: Krone
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