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Glacier collapse wipes out Swiss village in Alps

A Swiss village is buried after a glacier collapses in the Alps

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.

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Search suspended for missing man after partial glacier collapse causes landslide that buries 90% of Swiss village

The search for a 64-year-old man was suspended on Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the day before.

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Swiss glacier collapses, burying village: Video, satellites show Blatten before and after

A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock after what scientists suspect is a dramatic display of the impact of climate change on mountain communities.

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Why glaciologists believe the Birch Glacier collapsed, burying a nearby Swiss town

On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...

Swiss glacier collapse underscores urgency of efficient warning systems elsewhere, experts say

The small Swiss Alps village of Blatten was largely destroyed when the Birch glacier collapsed and sent a mass of rock, ice ...

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