Blatten’s small Swiss town has been partial destroyed by fragments of a collapsed glacier.
The images of the natural disaster show the small mountain city, home of only 300 people, wrapped in debris after a 1.5 million cubic meters glacier collapsed and rushed into the LoetSchental valley.
In addition to its picturesque snowy environment, Blats is known for being along the route to the Tour de Suisse, a two -stage bicycle race that often used by the participants as a heating of the Tour de France.
On Wednesday, Matthias Bellwald, the mayor of Blatten, said that “the unimaginable” had happened before promising that the village would pass it.
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“There is a risk that the situation may get worse,” he told Channel9.
Despite the disaster scale, deaths have not been reported. The town was evacuated on May 19, since experts had anticipated collapse.
According to Reuters, an evaluation of the rock movement on the slope of the mountain led the authorities to believe that an unprecedented volume was ready to fall down the mountain slope.
The lost rock sat on the glacier and the authorities warned that the mass of ice could lower with it.
Local authorities have called the Swiss Army Disaster Relief Unit, as well as search and rescue helicopters accused of assessing the damage scale. Government members are also on their way to the scene, according to the BBC.
After the disaster, Bellwald, appealing to stop tears, said: “We have lost our people, but not our heart. We will support and comfort each other. After a long night, it will be the morning again.”
The Swiss government has already promised funds to ensure that residents can return to their homes, or at least remain in the area.
The images of drones showed a large section of the birch glacier collapsing around 3:30 pm local time, causing a roar to BR as the masses of debris and the ice fell on the valley.
For years, the glaciologist who monitors the thaw have warned that some alpine cities could be at risk of the collapse of Blatten, the BBC said.
Two years ago, the people who lived in the town of Brienz in eastern Switzerland were evacuated because the mountain on the city was at risk of imminent collapse. Its residents have not allowed it to return full time.