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Canton Valais is releasing CHF10 million ($12.1 million) in emergency funds for the Swiss mountain village of Blatten, which ...
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 Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.
At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...
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 ...
Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
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 ...
A picturesque Swiss village has been nearly entirely destroyed by a collapsing glacier, leaving one person missing amid a ...
The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.
Residents struggled to absorb the scale of devastation caused by a huge slab of glacier that buried most of their picturesque ...
A deluge of rock and ice careered down the Swiss Alps, sending plumes of dust skyward near a village that authorities had ...