STEIN

 

Event description

 

Heavy precipitation on July 29, 1956, caused the flooding of a moraine-dammed lake.The flood destroied a newly built dam at the lake outlet, some buildings of Hotel Stein and covered fields with debris.

 

Damage

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The flood destroied a newly built dam at the lake outlet, some buildings of Hotel Stein and covered fields with debris.

 

Data source

 

- www.glacierhazards.ch

- http://glaciology.ethz.ch/inventar/download/stein.pdf

 

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