The first images of a Swiss town engulfed by an avalanche and a mudslide show the heartbreaking amount of damage caused by the horrific disaster.
Photographers have now been allowed into Bondo following the disaster last month, with the first pictures highlighting the scale of the task villagers now face to rebuild their town.
Debris and rubble now litters the streets and homes remain abandoned after the mudslide sparked chaos last month.
Roads and homes have been destroyed and grey silt is now completely awash in town town as an estimated 140 million cubic feet of debris rained down the town.
A senior Swiss police official said that the impact of the disaster resisted a 3.0 on the Richter scale as buildings were ripped apart and 100 people were forced to evacuate.
At least eight people are still missing and experts claim their is not much hope for them after the rockfall on August 23.
Much of the damage to the town came from the mudslide which followed the avalanche, with footage from the scene showing a cascade of mud stretching more than three miles decimating the small town near the Italian border.
It comes after more than 220 people living in the ski resort in Switzerland were forced to evacuate after a massive mudslide buried the village of Saas-Fee.
A chunk of the Swiss alpine glacier Trift in the south of the country collapsed on Sunday, although no damage was caused to any of the houses.
Residents were allowed to return and a road had now reopened, although hiking trails remain closed, a police statement said.
Huge swathes of debris has rained down on the Swiss town of Bondo after an avalanche and mudslide rocked the town
A house stands in the center of the landslide during a media tour in the evacuated village of Bondo
A Swiss flag flies over a house and tables and chairs remain outside after the town remains abandoned following the disaster on August 23
Grey silt completely covers the town after and a mudslide followed the avalanche, adding to the damage the town has been forced to endure
The town, 80 miles north of Milan, was opened up to journalists and photographers
An estimated 140 million cubic feet of debris has fallen onto the town of Bondo
Residents in the sleepy town put down barricade by their doors to try to protect their homes and properties as best they could
Eight people have been declared missing following the disaster. Experts fear the likelihood for finding those who are missing alive are slim
A senior Swiss police official said that the impact of the disaster resisted a 3.0 on the Richter scale
Buildings were ripped apart and 100 people were forced to evacuate. Debris now litters the town
Residents rushed to barricade their homes before they evacuated the town
The true extent of the damage remains unclear but these first pictures of the town since the mudslide show residents now face an uphill task in their clean-up attempts
Debris and rubble now litters the streets and homes remain abandoned after the mudslide sparked chaos last month
A toy tractor and chunks of wood are pictured strewn across the town following the mudslide
Much of the damage to the town came from the mudslide which followed the avalanche
Homes have been completely ripped apart from the disaster. Footage taken at the time of the incident show more than three miles of mud have decimated the small town
Police were unable to reach people following the landslide and an army helicopter was fitted with thermal sensing to try to find people who were lost
Rocks also fell down due to the massive tremor, falling from Piz Cengalo in Val Bondasca, a valley close to the village
Twelve buildings, including barns and stables, have been destroyed by the flow of debris
The Trift glacier in Switzerland is located in the Urner Alps in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.