The (evacuated) Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley. One person has been reported missing, and many homes have been completely flattened. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... - ThreadSky

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localnotail.bsky.social • 22 days ago

The (evacuated) Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley.

One person has been reported missing, and many homes have been completely flattened.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnv1evn2p2vo

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localnotail.bsky.social•22 days ago

Like many other parts of Europe, Switzerland has been experiencing a combination of above average temperatures and below average precipitation

Alpine glaciers are losing their grip,
so places like Blatten get flattened

#ClimateActionNow

https://bsky.app/profile/subfossilguy.bsky.social/post/3lqaicnhugs2d

localnotail.bsky.social•21 days ago

2023: Switzerland's glaciers are melting at an alarming rate.
10% decrease in volume 2022 - 2023, the same amount of ice lost 1960-90
Ice should build up in the winter, then slowly melt down in the summer.
But rapid ice loss can instead lead to flooding and landslides
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/10/switzerland-glacier-ice-melt/

localnotail.bsky.social•22 days ago

OK time to stop saying Blatten and flatten.

Blätten actually means leaves in German
and flatten is glätten

alanrew.bsky.social•22 days ago

Thank goodness the geologists were able to give them plenty of warning. In the US, they would have probably been sacked by DOGE.

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