On May 28th, a glacier in the Swiss Alps collapsed, unleashing 9 million tons of rock and ice from the Kleines Nesthorn. The debris buried part of the village of Blatten. Almost all 300 residents had been evacuated a week earlier, but one man is still missing. And the disaster isn’t over: rising floodwaters from the blocked Lonza River are now swallowing what’s left of the village. More news: https://www.geoengineer.org/news/glacier-collapse-submerges-90-of-swiss-alpine-village-in-mud-and-debris #glaciercollapse #swissalps #climatecrisis #blatten #BirchGlacier #naturaldisaster #geology #climatechange #landslide #flood #disasternews #environmentalnews #RiskAssesment #viral #shorts #naturalhazards Credits: @azpostaz https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/05/alpine-swiss-vil Show more