Devastating Swiss Glacier Collapse Destroys Alpine Village
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 12:21 am
A massive chunk of glacier in the Swiss Alps has devastated a mountain village, burying homes and buildings under a torrent of ice, mud and rock. Dramatic video footage shared on social media and local TV captures the catastrophic event prompting urgent rescue and recovery efforts.
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Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley, with homes and buildings partially submerged under a mass of brownish sludge.
One person was reported missing after a huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock that buried most of a mountain village on Wednesday, officials said.
Video captured the moment the majority of the Swiss village of Blatten became buried under rock and ice after a massive chunk of a glacier in the Alps broke off on Wednesday, causing a landslide. Authorities had evacuated the town earlier this month as a precaution, but a 64-year-old man is missing…
A 64-year-old man remained missing Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the day before.
Mud and rock buries evacuated Swiss village after glacier collapse, one person missing CNN
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