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Footage shows the moment Swiss village is buried by falling glacier

Astonishing new footage shows the moment a Swiss village was buried by a collapsing glacier yesterday, leaving homes in ruin and one person missing.

Video shows a huge cloud of ice and scree spewing over the village of Blatten on Wednesday, dwarfing tiny Alpine lodges as a chunk of the Birch glacier broke off.

Mud and rockfall hit homes as debris hurtled down the mountain slope and into the valley where the village was built.

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