2024-05-13 18:33:00
How SRF reported to be a year following the event a certain normality has returned. However, the area doesn’t really relax in the truest sense of the word.
Stefan Schneider, head of the Brienz/Brinzauls early warning service, says in the “Tagesschau” that the area continues to slide. And warns: In some places the landslide is more massive than ever before since measurements began.
Schneider explains: “The village is currently traveling at a speed of around two meters per year. In the western area it’s even a little faster, up to three meters.” In the mountain area it is even “up to eight meters per year”.
It is said that there is currently no threat of another rock fall. However, such an event, including the evacuation of the village, cannot be completely ruled out. Schneider says: “Forecasts are very difficult, but we will continue to monitor it very closely with the early warning service.”
In addition to constant monitoring, Brienz has taken further measures to get the problem under control. So should below the village a drainage tunnel arise that the subsoil Water withdraws. However, this is not expected to be completed until the end of 2027.
One thing is clear: the region is still feeling the consequences of the landslides in everyday life. The infrastructure, such as the railways, suffers as a result.
Thomas Gasner, head of the southern railway service at Rhaetian Bahn, says in the “Tagesschau”: The entire track moves half a meter to one meter per year towards Albula. This leads to rail displacements, meaning that new rails have to be used once more and once more.
The rail track between Tiefencastel and Surava is measured twice a week using a special device. This is because deformations form within a short period of time. In addition, the trains only travel at 30 to 40 kilometers per hour over the delicate route.
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