The ice collapse causes collapse and exploding a town in Switzerland
Ice collapse of the ice, rocks and mud buried on Wednesday in the entire town of Blatten in the Swiss Valis Canton, after the collapse of Pershi ice, Leave 300 people without shelter and missing. A series of photos taken with drones show a gray cloak as houses, roads and meadows have been used.
Slip, from destructive violence, Demolished 90 % of the city center The separation includes about 3.5 million cubic meters of materials that descended the hill very quickly, and also prevents the Lonza River track, according to the information on the place on public TV RTS.
The ice river started falling in the middle of the month with a number of rocks that increase with the passage of days, which led to a Quick evaluation of the situation The release of 300 people in the city, after confirming the great instability of the Earth.
“We knew that the matter was a matter of time. It was a natural disaster, but not a surprise“The Swiss media told one of the experts who supervised the iceberg, Kamal Weiss.
The economic impact is great due to the destruction of local infrastructure and because Lunza banned The authorities indicated that it raises new risk of floods in the next few days.
For their part, many experts commented that the Blatten issue is another alert of consequences Climate In mountainous areas, where safe areas can become unstable in the coming years.
