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The Swiss government is proposing to give 5 million francs ($6 million) to the Alpine village of Blatten that was destroyed ...
The residents of two hamlets in Blatten, Switzerland, were able to visit their homes following a landslide that devasted the ...
The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
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The collapse of a melting glacier in the Swiss Alps buried and partially destroyed Blatten, a centuries-old village.
In the Swiss valley of Lötschental, a dramatic landslide nearly destroyed the mountain village of Blatten entirely. A massive ...
Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...
Residents survive, but life in the Swiss Alps village of Blatten is forever changed, erasing centuries of tradition ...
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 ...
Swiss authorities said Thursday that rock and ice piles from a collapsed glacier that destroyed a village were preventing ...
A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...