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

- http://www.nimbus.it/glaciorisk/Glacier_view.asp?IdGlacier=1313&Vista=rischio&Paese=&IdTipoRischio=11

Remarks

 

A very similar phenomenon occurred in the same area on January 18, 1997.