Swiss village buried in snow-rag, one person missing. world News
At least one person disappeared after Birch Glacier fell in the frightening Swiss Alps, wiped 90% of the village 90% of the village, which is a 300 people home. The incident occurred at around 3:30 pm (local time) on Wednesday, when a large part of snow broke from the birch glacier in the southern Wallis region of Switzerland. It created a large holocaust of snow, mud and rock, which buried the village in many valley.The authorities announced the withdrawal of the village last week due to the impending threat of a landslide, but still, some did not leave their homes. The missing person, a 64 -year -old man, was among the residents who were not evacuated.Drone footage broadcast by Swiss National Broadcaster SRF revealed a huge expansion in mud and debris houses, running through the Valley in the Lonza River and nearby forests. Underlining the scale of destruction, the wooden buildings shattered between the debris were visible.
“We have lost our village,” said at a press conference, Blaton’s Mayor Mathius Belvel. “The village is under the debris. We will reconstruct.” Despite the destruction, Belld emphasized the flexibility of the community, vow to support the residents in the recovery process.Swiss President Karin Keller-Sater expressed solidarity with the residents of Blaton, stating on X, “It is terrible to lose your home.”“An incredible amount of materials that fall down in the valley, a spokesman of local authorities, Mathius Abenner, said. The collapse, which was registered as an earthquake of 3.1-changes, included millions of cubic meters rock, ice and soil, affected by earlier rocks, who had unstable the glacier.The University of Zurich reported that the warming temperature has weakened the permafrost, made Mountain Rock Unstable and is likely to contribute to the disaster. He said that in recent history, the scale of destruction in blaston in Swiss Alps is unprecedented. Switzerland, Europe’s largest number of glaciers’ home, lost 4% of its glacier volume in 2023 alone in 2023, after 6% fall in 2022.
