Numerous homes in Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town
A massive glacier has collapsed in southern Switzerland, partly destroying the small village of Blatten, which had been evacuated recently because of the impending danger.
At about 3.30pm local time, a huge collapse occurred on the Birch glacier, emergency services in the Wallis region said.
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