Visitors sit during a visit in the National Council room in the Swiss Parliament Building (Bundeshaus), days ahead of federal elections, in Bern, Switzerland, October 16, 2019. Picture taken October 16, 2019 and with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
LENK IM SIMMENTAL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Perched nearly 2,000 metres above the Swiss ski village of Lenk, a lake has emerged as the Plaine Morte glacier melts. When it burst it sent billions of litres of water gushing into the valley below and prompted a precautionary evacuation last July.
While a new drainage system has headed off immediate danger, the experience of places like Lenk has brought the consequences of climate change home to voters ahead of a parliamentary election on Sunday.
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