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FILE - Matthias Huss, of the glacier monitoring group GLAMOS, stands at the Rhone Glacier that is partially covered with sheets near Goms, Switzerland, on June 10, 2025.

Video. Swiss glaciers melting rapidly in June as Europe faces extreme heat

Updated: 28/06/2026 - 18:42 GMT+2

All snow and ice accumulated over the past winter is expected to have melted by Monday. Over the past century, this tipping point usually only arrives in mid-August on average.

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