A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside on Wednesday, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month as a precaution.

A Swiss alpine village was mostly destroyed when a glacier in the mountains above partially collapsed on Wednesday.{ai:summary}A large glacier mass collapsed in Switzerland, causing significant mudslides that impacted an Alpine village previously evacuated for safety. The event sent dust clouds into the air and covered the area in debris. #society

Swiss alpine village mostly destroyed in partial glacier collapse

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