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‘Major catastrophe’: Alpine village largely destroyed after a Swiss glacier collapses
Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley, with homes and ...
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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Avalanches force evacuation in Switzerland's Lötschental Valley
In the Swiss valley of Lötschental, a dramatic landslide nearly destroyed the mountain village of Blatten. A massive ...
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 village buried in glacier collapse
A village in Switzerland was buried in a recent glacier collapse, according to Swiss officials. “Almost the entire Birch ...
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Alpine village submerged in brown sludge after glacier collapse
A landslide near Blatten, Switzerland submerged an entire village in the Swiss Alps, leaving most of the homes and buildings ...
Swiss glacier collapse renews focus on risks of climate change as glaciers retreat around the world
The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed this week is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in ...
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Glacial Catastrophe Strikes Swiss Village
A glacier in Switzerland's Lötschental valley broke off, causing a massive mudslide and covering 90% of the village of ...
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A river dammed by a huge Swiss landslide is flowing again. That's a relief to authorities
A huge mass of rock, ice and mud from the Birch glacier thundered into the Lötschental valley in southern Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying much of the village. Buildings that weren't buried ...
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A river dammed by a huge Swiss landslide is flowing again. That’s a relief to authorities
A huge mass of rock, ice and mud from the Birch glacier thundered into the Lötschental valley in southern Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying much of the village. Buildings that weren’t ...