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In Switzerland, after a glacier collapsed onto Blatten, fear is gripping the mountains
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
Photos show Swiss village buried in debris after glacier collapse
A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Inside the Swiss valley partially swallowed by a glacier
The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier wiped the village of Blatten off the map. DW spoke to locals and experts ...
Alpine village is largely destroyed when a Swiss glacier collapses
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...
Glacier collapses, destroys 90% of Swiss village
A massive landslide thundered down a mountainside in Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying a village and burying homes under ...
Swiss glacier collapse renews focus on risks of climate change as glaciers retreat around the world
The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
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 ...
Glacier collapse in Blatten, Switzerland—A portent of an ecological catastrophe
On May 28, a mass of rock, ice, mud and water crashed down on and buried the mountain village of Blatten in the Swiss canton ...
Sustainable Switch Climate Focus: Swiss village destroyed by glacier collapse
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