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The residents of two hamlets in Blatten, Switzerland, were able to visit their homes following a landslide that devasted the ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...
A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris ...
The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...
A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...
The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human development.
An unstable glacier in the Swiss Alps collapsed this week, sending a deluge of rock, ice and mud through the valley below and ...
Focus has now shifted to the safety of those living near the Lonza River, which the regional government warns could flood as ...
Switzerland’s president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...
Aerial footage showed flooded homes and debris scattered around a Swiss village after a huge mass of rock and ice from a ...