Following the landslide of the birch’s glacier, after having destroyed almost the entire Blatten village in Switzerland, the authorities are concerned about the formation of an artificial lake, which tends to grow hours per hour. Wednesday, May 28, millions of cubic meters of ice and rocks won a mountain in the canton of Valais.
“We are going to try, today, to realize its dimensions,” said Antoine Jacquod, a civil and military security official in the Canton of Valais, at the Keystone-Ats press agency.
The lonza river blockade that passes at the bottom of the Lötschental Valley also raises fears of the Swiss flood authorities. “There is a great risk of Emblaisons that could flood the valley below,” according to the manager, referring to the accumulation of rocks, ice and land that obstructs the river.
As a precaution, sixteen people were evacuated on Wednesday night in two villages down the victim. Eleven of them live in Kippel and the other five in Wiling, two localities located downstream of the disaster area, indicates the Genève Tribune. “It is not planned to move other people today,” said one of the spokesman for Lötschental driving staff to the local newspaper.
An artificial dam
An artificial dam has been emptied to contain water repressed by the ice, earth and debris wall. As soon as the area is assured, the Cantonal Government of Valais with the help of the Army will install pumps to maintain the river bed and the cleaning of airplanes.
“Knowing when we can intervene specifically remains a great stranger,” admits Antoine Jacquod to RTS Switzerland. If the water overflows with this artificial dam, then it would be necessary to think about evacuating the valley.
The first vehicles of advanced detachment of the rescue battalion in case of a Swiss army disaster joined the area this morning, informs the television channel. Other recognition flights are scheduled during the day for experts to evaluate the risks that still weigh in the rest of the valley.
The collapse of the glacier was expected for several days, many rock landslides had already produced in the mountainous part that dominates it. The landslide of the birch glacier caused felt throughout the country, according to the seismological service of the Federal Polytechnic School of Zurich, is one of the largest mass movements ever registered. Nine days before landslide, 300 people had been protected by the city.
A man is always missing
The images transmitted on social networks show a huge cloud of ice and debris that devalue the slope of the mountain overlooking the valley. The strength and speed of the cloud were such that he continued his career on the opposite slope of the valley.
A resident of the 64 -year -old region is missing, who was in the landslides area. The authorities must communicate about the evolution of the investigation carried out by the help supported by the dogs, at a press conference this Thursday, the Swiss media specifies.
Source: BFM TV
