Swiss Village of Blatten Buried by Glacier Collapse – One Missing, Climate Change to Blame?

"This could become Switzerland's LARGEST DISASTER EVER" Almost reached Blatten -Glacier Accelerating

“We’ve lost our village. The village is under rubble.” Ninety percent of the Swiss town of Blatten has been buried under a landslide after a massive piece of glacier collapsed on Wednesday, officials said. Experts had been warning for days of the “worst-case scenario,” prompting the evacuation of hundreds in the town. The devastation comes after repeated concerns from glaciologists about thawing in the country’s glaciers. Switzerland, has the most glaciers of any country in Europe, but has seen