Flood risk after Swiss glacier collapse

Swiss authorities are monitoring for possible flood risk following a massive glacier collapse that created a huge pile of debris, burying most of an Alpine village

SWITZERLAND
FRANCE
ITALY
GERMANY

30 miles
50km

May 28: Birch glacier collapses, sending three million cubic metres of ice, mud and rock hurtling into valley

Blatten: Around 90% of village covered by landslide. One person reported missing

Debris stretching 2km across valley, clogging path of River Lonza and causing vast lake to swell

Ferden

Gampel

River Lonza

Rhône Valley

Birch glacier

Blatten

Sources: Reuters, AFP, BBC
Picture: Apple maps
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