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Evening Standard
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Rachael Davies

Everything we know about the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland

The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed, leaving several homes fully flattened after a huge section of a glacier fell down onto the valley floor.

Thankfully, the village had been evacuated earlier because of fears that the Birch glacier was falling apart – fears that proved to be correct.

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