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Photos show Swiss village buried in debris after glacier collapse
A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An official stated that 90% of the village of Blatten, with an estimated population of 300 people, is covered in debris and ice from the May 28 event, Reuters reported.
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
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Major avalanche in Switzerland: Blatten evacuated, one missingMore than 4.6 million cubic yards of ice, rocks, and snow avalanched from Birch Glacier onto the village of Blatten in the ...
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 ...
Zurich trams are often involved in accidents; Geneva traffic is a 'nightmare,' residents say; and more Swiss news in our ...
On August 23, 2017 three million cubic metres of rock crashed down from the Piz Cengalo mountain in eastern Switzerland, triggering a landslide into the valley. It was the largest landslide in ...
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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