No casualties have been reported so far following the landslide that occurred on Thursday west of Grenoble. The area remains closed for the time being.
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No victims have yet been found the day after the landslide that occurred on Thursday, July 25 in the town of La Rivière, near Rovon, west of Grenoble in Isère. Several tens of thousands of cubic meters of rocks fell, not far from a busy departmental road, France Bleu Isère reported on Friday, July 26.
The search for victims resumed on Friday, July 26 at noon, in this region on the foothills of the Vercors. They were interrupted the same day, in the evening. It is not yet known when they will be possible for the inaccessible area.
The Isère prefecture indicates that no victims have been found, after the inspection of the area accessible by the emergency services, that is, the part of the road stuck to the cliff face, which was not swept away by the landslide. According to the prefecture, there are no reports of disappearances. “We have no signs that anyone is missing or buried. We have no reports.”of no one who has given any news, specifies the prefect of Isère Louis Laugier.
A first landslide occurred on Thursday July 25 early in the afternoon, according to France Bleu Isère, then a second very significant one around 7 p.m. Several tens of thousands of cubic meters of rubble flooded onto the D1532, a busy road that connects Grenoble and Valence. The prefecture indicates on its X account that “LThe landslide area is secured and marked but remains prohibited to anyone in a vehicle or on foot.”by prefectural decree.
