BELVEDERE
(MACUGNAGA)
Event description
Following several days of rain a huge mass of
water was expelled from the glacier. The wall constructed to defend Macugnaga was destroyed for a lenght
of about 100 m. Big ice blocks were carried for about
6 km to Borca village.
Damage
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The wall constructed to defend Macugnaga
was destroyed for a lenght of about 100 m.
Data source
- K��b, A. et al. (2004): Glacier Hazards at Bervedere Glacier and the Monte Rosa east face, Italian
Alps: process and mitigation. Internationales Symposion, INTERPRAEVENT 2004, Riva / ����Trient
Remarks
A very similar phenomenon occurred in the same area on
January 18, 1997.