Glacier collapse wipes out Swiss village in the Alps
Friday, 30 May 2025 () On May 28, a massive glacier gave way and destroyed a village in the Swiss Alps after a rockfall caused it to fail under pressure.
Swiss glacier collapse buries the majority of the village of Blatten
A large section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, resulting in a torrent of ice, mud, and rock that has submerged the majority of a village evacuated earlier this month as a security precaution.
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Aerial footage shows the Swiss village of Blatten, which was destroyed by a glacier that plunged down a mountainside. The Birch Glacier collapsed on May 28 in Switzerland’s southern Wallis region,..
Aerial footage shows Alpine village buried by Birch glacier slide
Footage captured the aftermath of a massive landslide in southern Switzerland, where a glacier collapse sent rock and ice crashing..
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