90 Percent Town Under Ice Mud, Rocks: Before And After Photos Show Impact of Switzerland Glacier Collapse

Switzerland: A video is going viral on social media, showing a major chunk of Birch Glacier collapsing in Switzerland's Alps range.

The jaw-dropping footage captures the deadly glacier collapse, which turned a Swiss village into a sea of ice and mud, impacting nearly 90 percent of the town's land beneath the Alps.

The massive glacier collapse in Switzerland engulfed the village of Blatten with ice, mud, and rocks, causing extensive damage. Several homes and infrastructure were destroyed in the aftermath.

Videos circulating on social media show mud and rocks covering large parts of the town, rivers, and surrounding areas.

Before and after photo shows impact of Switzerland glacier collapse 

As local authorities calculate the impact of the massive glacier collapse, a before and after photo of the region shows the devastation caused by the natural calamity.

Before the glacier collapse which buried the Swiss village of Blatten under mud, the Lonza River in the region was dammed and large parts of the town were evacuated. Due to early warnings from scientists, several lives were saved.

A user on X, formerly Twitter, shared high-resolution satellite imagery collected by Maxar showing the village Blatten almost completely buried after the collapse of the Birch Glacier.

Another user on X posted on the microblogging platform saying, “An entire town wiped off the map by a glacier collapsing, likely as a direct result of our warming climate. This is like something out of a disaster movie.”

Another video on X showed a large section of the Birch Glacier collapsing into the valley. Take a look:

Besides the residents, civic authorities had also evacuated animals including cows and airlifted them to safer places.