The principles of Swiss For the possibility of flooding after the creation of an artificial lake caused by the huge detachment glacier who overwhelmed almost a mountain village in the southern part of the country.
OR artificial lake created After the Birk Glacier Receptionin the Alps in Switzerland, it grows time by hour as huge pieces of ice, mud and rocks have cut the flow of the Londza River passing through the Lekedal Valley, raising fears of flood.
“We will try today to appreciate its dimensions,” explained Antoine Zakond, a member of the Civil and Military Protection Service at Vale Canton, according to the Keystone-ATS agency.
«There is a high risk of flooding the valley below »he added.
For precautionary reasons, 16 people were removed Wednesday night from two villages beneath the affected area.
Climate catastrophe in #Switzerland.
A massive chunk of the #Birchglacier Glacier collapsed into the #swiss #Alpine village of Blatten, burying 90% of it under ice, mud, and rock. pic.twitter.com/zgO9pVRiF0— The Environment (@theEcoglobal) May 29, 2025
As Rafael Mayoraz, the Cantonian Natural Disaster Management, the rocks and the ice have stopped the flow of the Londza river in a 2km long. He commented that the accumulated rubble “look like a mountain and of course a small lake has been created that is becoming more and more.”
Info alert | Terrible images: millions of cubic meters of ice and rock have just destroyed the village of Blaten in Switzerland. pic.twitter.com/XFJDjeteUr
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The collapse of the glacier of BIRK was destroyed by almost 90% of the picturesque village of Blaven, while a man is missing, the authorities said.
The detachment of the glacier had been predicted for days, as many rock landslides were observed on the mountain over the village.
The missing person is a 64 -year -old resident of the area who, according to Vale Police, was at the scene at the time of the disaster.
Helicopter flight above #Blatten https://t.co/XXMQXepNn2
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Video posted on YouTube show a huge cloud of ice and rocks rolling from the mountain. The power and speed were so great that ice and rocks continued their course as the opposite slope.
This Thursday, a 64 -year -old man was still missing after the detachment of a huge mass of rock and ice of a glacier on a slope on Switzerland.
Dozens of Blatten housing, where 300 people normally reside, were destroyed after the impact of the … pic.twitter.com/JVwqfVlXSx
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The phenomenon was recorded by all the seismological stations of Switzerland.
According to Mayorage, “3 million cubic meters of rocks suddenly fell on the glacier and dragged him»Down, in the valley.
Another aerial view of #Blatten village shows widespread destruction after a massive chunk of the Birch Glacier collapsed into the valley. The area had been evacuated days earlier. #Switzerland #GlacierCollapse
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The incident has revived concerns about the effects of increasing temperatures on the Alps of the Alps, although environmentalists so far are hesitant to perform the detachment of the glacier to climate change.