Alpine Glacier Collapses, Burying 90% of Swiss Village of Blatten

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By Cristen Hemingway JaynesMay 30, 2025, 12:01 pm122 pts
A village in the Swiss Alps was buried by an enormous chunk of rock and ice that broke off of the Birch Glacier on Wednesday. Mud and plumes of dust covered roughly 90 percent of the alpine village of Blatten, which had been evacuated on May 19 as a precaution. “We have lost our village,” said Mayor of…

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