Swiss Town Buried by Massive Glacier Break

Schweizer Fernsehen reports (auto-translated):

In Blatten in the Lötschental VS there has been a major glacier break. The major event feared by the experts arrived: A gigantic avalanche of ice, mud and scree has buried a large part of the village below it. Numerous houses were destroyed. People were not harmed – but one person is missing.

This news has been reported by multiple international news pages as well, but I’m linking here to the source that has the best video embeds.

Although the pre-warnings allowed for a full evacuation of the town beforehand, this is truly a horrific moment for the locals calling this valley their home. And a massive reminder to all of us that life in the Alps in these time of global warming will never be the same again.