A river in the Swiss Alps, which was dammed by a landslide that buried much of the village of Blatten, is now flowing through the debris, authorities have said.
A huge mass of rock, ice and mud from the Birch glacier thundered into the Lötschental valley in southern Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying much of the village.
Buildings that weren't buried were submerged in a lake created by the small Lonza River, whose course was dammed by the mass of material.
