Before-And-After Photos Reveal Swiss Village Blatten Buried By Glacier Collapse
Just days after residents and their cattle were evacuated on May 19, the glacier above Blatten collapsed on May 28, following weeks of warnings. The disaster buried most of the Swiss village in the Lötschental valley. Swiss glaciologists link the collapse to climate change, which has accelerated glacier melt. In 2023 alone, Switzerland lost 4%…