Avalanche destruction

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Avalanches were responsible for the wide gaps in the barrier forest on the slope opposite Blatten. (swissinfo.ch) swissinfo.ch

The exit of this road gallery comes to the fore after efforts to remove all the snow (from the book: Lawinen! Die Ereignisse vom Februar 1999. Iterama, 2009) swissinfo.ch

This is the cantonal road near the village of Unterried (from the book: Lawinen! Die Ereignisse vom Februar 1999. Iterama, 2009) swissinfo.ch

The forest plays a vital role in protecting the village houses from avalanches. (swissinfo.ch) swissinfo.ch

This house built in 1914 is just a heap of rubble. (from the book: Lawinen! Die Ereignisse vom Februar 1999. Iterama, 2009) swissinfo.ch

Children at play in the abundance of snow in Blatten. (Keystone/Lukas Lehmann) Keystone

A look from Weissenried above Blatten in the direction of the village of Oberried. (from the book: Lawinen! Die Ereignisse vom Februar 1999. Iterama, 2009) swissinfo.ch

The fire brigade at work on Blatten's church roof (from the book: Lawinen! Die Ereignisse vom Februar 1999. Iterama, 2009) swissinfo.ch

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The winter of avalanches in 1999 left images of devastation in the Lötschental in canton Valais.

The village of Blatten was particularly hard hit and the full extent of the damage was only discovered in some places when the snow had melted.