Schuttberg at Blatten partly 100 meters high

According to estimates, the rubble on the spilled mountain village of Blatten in Switzerland is sometimes 100 meters high. This was reported by the geologist of the canton of Valais, Raphael Mayoraz, after specialists have landed directly on the Schuttberg for the first time to check the consistency. The material has so far been determined, but that could change, he told the Swiss newspaper « Le Nouvelliste ». Clearing work has so far been too dangerous because the rubble could collapse anytime.

« So far we have not found any major cracks or collapse, » Mayoraz told the newspaper. « However, that can change when the ice begins to melt. » It’s about the ice in the Schuttberg. The experts estimate that around a third of the nine million cubic meters, which the village and the river bed of the Lonza spilled last Wednesday last Wednesday.

Cameras were installed everywhere in the disaster area that monitor the Schuttberg and the reservoir behind the clock, Mayoraz reported. « The Lonza is currently flows in a new gutter – and relatively controlled, » he said. So far, no larger quantities of material have been torn from the Schuttberg.