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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 ...
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Debris cone in landslide-hit Blatten over 100 metres high in places
According to the head of the Valais Natural Hazards Office, the cone of debris from the landslide in Blatten is over 100 ...
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Major avalanche in Switzerland: Blatten evacuated, one missing
More than 4.6 million cubic yards of ice, rocks, and snow avalanched from Birch Glacier onto the village of Blatten in the ...
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 ...
A river dammed by a huge Swiss landslide is flowing again. That's a relief to authorities
Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
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The worst landslides in Swiss history
On August 23, 2017 three million cubic metres of rock crashed down from the Piz Cengalo mountain in eastern Switzerland, triggering a landslide into the valley. It was the largest landslide in ...