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A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.

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that’s why Blatten was evacuated. But no-one, not even the experts, expected such huge violence. “I was speechless,” said Matthias Huss, a leading glacier specialist at Zurich’s Federal ...

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Swiss authorities remained on high alert Friday after a massive glacier collapse buried large parts of the alpine village of ...

A deluge of ice, mud and rock crashed down a mountain on May 28, engulfing some 90% of the village of Switzerland’s Blatten village. Scientists have reportedly termed the Glacier collapse as a ...

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they evacuated the town of Blatten, in the valley below the glacier. The landslide obliterated about 90% of the village and one person is missing, according to Swiss authorities.