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Event description

 

On March 19, 1901, the greatest combined rock-/ice- and snow avalanche of the Alps occured. It started as a slope failure from the NW face of Fletschhorn (3788 m). The avalanche travelled down 6.2 km and got over 2`300 m highdifference. The volume was between 3 and 5 Mio m³. 2 people lost their lives, also 53 animals. 28 houses were destroyed.

 

Damage

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2 people lost their lives, also 53 animals. 28 houses were destroyed.

 

Data source

 

- www.glacierhazards.ch

- N�tzli, J. (2003): Felsst�rze aus Permafrost �ber Gletscher, Ans�tze zur GIS-basierten Modellierung. Diplomarbeit am Geographischen Institut der Universit�t Z�rich.

 

 

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