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According to the head of the Valais Natural Hazards Office, the cone of debris from the landslide in Blatten is over 100 ...
The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An ...
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 ...
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 ...
Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
A glacier collapse in Switzerland unleashed a torrent of ice, rock, and mud that buried the Alpine village of Blatten.
Swiss authorities say rock and ice piles from a collapsed glacier that destroyed a village are preventing emergency services ...
A 64-year-old man is missing after the majority of a Swiss village was swallowed by a 'gigantic landslide' following a ...
A large avalanche occurred on Monday night, with a mixture of ice, rock, snow and water, but did not reach the valley floor.
More than 3.5 million cubic metres of ice, rocks, and frozen snow avalanched from Birch Glacier onto the village of Blatten ...