The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside, 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.

Local officials said “about 90%” of the Alpine village is covered or destroyed. China learns new lessons from Russia-Ukraine war: Report Jobless claims jump to 5-week high — but not because layoffs in the U.