Overview
- The mudflow swept into the hamlet of Chéron in Magland on Wednesday night after heavy storms and left roads and yards buried under mud and rocks.
- Two residents were trapped by the flow, suffered light injuries, and were rescued by SDIS 74 crews before being taken to the Centre hospitalier de Sallanches.
- Emergency teams evacuated 21 people and temporarily rehoused them while the mudflow ended against five houses out of the hamlet's 11 dwellings.
- SDIS 74 deployed reinforced specialist teams, including deblaiement, structural units, canine teams, swift‑water rescuers and drone pilots, and estimated the flow began about 1.9 km upstream and affected roughly 2,500 m².
- Officials on site are completing damage and safety assessments and clearing operations as they monitor weather forecasts for more afternoon and evening storms that could raise renewed local risk.