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Around thirty residents were able to return to their homes following a landslide from the Birch glacier that destroyed nearby ...
A Swiss charity, which covers the uninsured damage of natural disasters, is supporting the landslide-devasted villages of ...
Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
Please stop sending clothes, but give us money. That’s the message from the authorities in the devasted village of Blatten.
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
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 ...
The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...
In the Swiss valley of Lötschental, a dramatic landslide nearly destroyed the mountain village of Blatten. A massive ...
Residents survive, but life in the Swiss Alps village of Blatten is forever changed, erasing centuries of tradition ...
The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...
A team led by Professor Lothar Schulte studies the effects of climate change on landslides and floods in high mountains, with ...