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Aerial footage showed flooded homes and debris scattered around a Swiss village after a huge mass of rock and ice from a ...
A devastating landslide, triggered by the Birch Glacier collapse, buried Blatten, Switzerland, prompting evacuations but ...
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 ...
Switzerland’s president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...
Residents survive, but life in the Swiss Alps village of Blatten is forever changed, erasing centuries of tradition ...
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 ...
Villagers lost their entire livelihood within minutes. One former resident lost their wooden family house built in 1654.
On 28 May 2025, the tranquil Alpine village of Blatten in Switzerland's Lötschental Valley was dramatically reshaped ...
The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...
Focus has now shifted to the safety of those living near the Lonza River, which the regional government warns could flood as ...
At-risk regions like the Himalayas would benefit from the early-warning system which averted mass casualties in Switzerland, experts say.
A massive landslide has destroyed the Alpine village of Blatten in southern Switzerland, leaving a man missing and raising ...