Man remains missing after a Swiss glacier collapsed and destroyed 90% of an Alpine village

Glacier collapse causes landslide that buries Swiss village in ice, mud and rock

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.

Man remains missing after a Swiss glacier collapsed and destroyed 90% of an Alpine village

GENEVA (AP) — 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. The landslide sent plumes of dust skyward and coated with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month as a precaution. State Councilor Stéphane Ganzer told Radio Télévision Suisse that 90% of the village was destroyed. The Cantonal Police of Valais s…

Man remains missing after a Swiss glacier collapsed and destroyed an Alpine village

A 64-year-old man remains missing after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the day before

Swiss Alps village largely destroyed after massive glacier collapses: ‘It’s a major catastrophe’

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside on Wednesday, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month as a precaution.

Man remains missing after a Swiss glacier collapsed and destroyed 90% of an Alpine village

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Swiss village mostly destroyed as glacier collapse triggers ‘major catastrophe’

The collapse of a glacier in Switzerland has triggered a mudslide that has nearly destroyed an entire village town. Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lotschental valley.