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Swiss glacier collapse buries majority of village of Blatten

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. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.

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 Swiss mountainside the day before.

Mud and rock buries evacuated Swiss village after glacier collapse, one person missing

A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury part of a mountain village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk of a rockslide,

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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 of Valais. Only a few houses remained standing, and these are now flooded by a pool of water that has formed behind the debris.

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Aerial footage shows the aftermath of the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland

Aerial footage showed flooded homes and debris scattered around a Swiss village after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a mountainside in the southern Lötschental valley.

Glacier collapses in Switzerland

The Birch Glacier broke apart Wednesday, sending ice, mud, and rocks crashing into a village. Featured 2025 NFL Schedule NBA Playoffs Schedule 202

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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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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 ...

Astonishing footage captures the moment an idyllic village is wiped out by glacier landslide

Just a few weeks after the picturesque village of Blatten, Switzerland, was evacuated over fears of an impending rockslide, a ...

Glacier Chaos: Swiss Alps Avalanche Triggers Massive Rockslide

A massive glacier in the Swiss Alps disintegrated, triggering a rockslide that decimated parts of Blatten village in southern ...

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