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The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...
The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.
A village in the Swiss Alps has been buried beneath ice, rock and mud after a massive piece of a nearby glacier collapsed. On ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
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 ...
The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...
The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.
At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...
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 ...
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A massive landslide thundered down a mountainside in Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying a village and burying homes under ...