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In Lenk BE, the threatening situation of the floods Saturday morning was released. The glacier of Lake Faverges on the Dead Plain has been drained to a large extent. The runoff values have drastically decreased, said Mayor René Müller at Keystone-SDA. However, there is always a danger due to undercutting on the banks of the Simme, says Müller.
The population is expected to stay away from the water because the underwashed waterways could collapse. Several trails – including the Simmen Falls – remain closed.
Camera Surveillance and Level Surveillance
On Friday evening, the Hasenweide campground and the Simmenfälle restaurant were evacuated due to the tidal wave. About 100 people spent the night in temporary accommodation at the Lenk Sports and Training Center. The authorities decide on Saturday afternoon to lift the evacuation.
The level of the Simme has increased: An excavator in the Lenk BE is fishing a tree out of the water. Video: 20 minutes
According to information from the Municipality of Lenk, the surveillance systems had sounded an alarm at 1 pm "The glacial lake of Faverges is empty," writes the community. Trübbach and Simme had brought the flood, which rose sharply after 17 hours.
The glacial lakes of the Dead Plain in the border area of the cantons of Bern and Valais have been monitored for several years by cameras and level measurement. The lakes fill up with melt water and deplete at the beginning of August.
The surveillance systems had sounded an alarm at 1 pm Friday (yesterday). The Favergesee at 2700 meters above the sea has a capacity of 1.5 to 2 million cubic meters of water.
The Simme at St. Stephen below the Lenk. Video: 20 minutes
created: 28.07.2018, 09:45
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