Despite the large build-up of water and debris after the landslide in Blatten on Wednesday afternoon, damage to villages downstream had not been reported by the next morning. One man is still missing. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A lake that has built up behind the landslide debris in Blatten, canton Valais, has continued to fill up, a spokesperson for the Lötschental emergency services told the Keystone-SDA news agency on Thursday morning. As a precautionary measure, some buildings in the downstream municipalities of Wiler and Kippel were evacuated on Wednesday. There is a possibility that large outflows from the lake could erode the land along the Lonza river, the spokesperson said. On Wednesday afternoon, the village of Blatten was almost fully buried when a huge section of glacier crashed down a nearby mountain. A 64-year-old local man was reported missing, and search dogs have been deployed. Authorities plan to hold a media conference on Thursday ...
