BODMER
Event description
Heavy precipitation on September 24, 1994, caused the
erosion of a roughly 10 to 20 m deep breach within thick and steeply inclined
historical moraines in forefield of Bodmer glacier. The corresponding debris flow event in the meltwater stream consisted of numerous pulses and destroyed
the cantonal bridge and road at the nearby
Damage
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The debris flow destroyed the cantonal bridge and road
at the nearby
Data source
- IAHS (ICSI) � UNEP � UNESCO (1998): Fluctuations of
glaciers 1990�1995, Vol. VII (Haeberli, W., Hoelzle,
M., Suter, S., Frauenfelder,
R.). World Glacier Monitoring Service,
- http://glaciology.ethz.ch/inventar/download/sirvolte.pdf
Remarks