Swiss warn of glacier shedding massive chunk

A massive part of a glacier the size of 12 football fields in the Swiss Alps could break off, local authorities warned, after the discovery of an enormous crevasse in the glacier.

Swiss authorities have formed a crisis team to monitor the situation and blocked all hiking trails close to the Giesen glacier located at an altitude of 2,800 metres, below the north face of the Jungfrau peak in the Bernese Alps.

Christian Abbühl, who is heading the crisis team at the Lauterbrunnen commune, confirmed that the area of ice that risks breaking off is equivalent to about 12 football fields.

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