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Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
Flooding fears eased at picturesque Swiss Alpine village buried by landslide - A huge mass of rock, ice and mud from the Birch glacier thundered into the Lötschental valley ...
Massive glacier collapse in Blatten, Switzerland, causes debris blockage and raises serious flood risks in the Lonza valley.
An artificial lake building up behind the rubble left by a glacier that dramatically plunged down a Swiss mountainside, ...
The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide ...
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 ...
"This region is used to risks that come simply from the fact that what surrounds those villages are really high mountains," ...
A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...
Aerial footage showed flooded homes and debris scattered around a Swiss village after a huge mass of rock and ice from a ...
The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...
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 ...
Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...