Spring Floods
As the valley is surrounded by mountains and fed water through three mountain rivers, it is no surprise it faces floods every spring. As the snow melts, water begins trickling down, but some of it is likely stuck behind ice and snow for a while. Once larger pools are freed, the rivers will expand rapidly, far more than we are used to in the old country. There, the large water reservoir helped balance spring floods. Here, worst case, it seems floods may be as damaging as they were when the water reservoir was sabotaged.
There also is a smaller flood risk whenever heavy rain hits the mountain nearby. This is especially dangerous in narrower parts of the river, where hard bedrock means the water smashes through far faster than in the rest of the river. Caution is advised in all these areas, and signs are now being placed to warn people of the danger present.
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