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A large avalanche with a mixture of ice, rock, snow and water reaching the valley floor is pictured in Wiler after the Birch glacier collapsed above Blatten, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 28, 2025.

On the left, the village of Blatten is seen on Sunday, May 18, 2025. On the right, a photo captures the devastation caused by the collapse of a glacier, which swept down the valley floor on May 28 ...

A large avalanche with a mixture of ice, rock, snow and water reach the valley floor is pictured in Wiler after the Birch glacier collapsing above Blatten, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 28, 2025.

On the left, the village of Blatten is seen on Sunday, May 18, 2025. On the right, a photo captures the devastation caused by the collapse of a glacier, which swept down the valley floor on May 28 ...

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside on Wednesday, sending plumes of dust skyward and submerging much of an Alpine village under a mass of brownish sludge.