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Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
According to the head of the Valais Natural Hazards Office, the cone of debris from the landslide in Blatten is over 100 ...
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 ...
In the Swiss valley of Lötschental, a dramatic landslide nearly destroyed the mountain village of Blatten entirely. A massive ...
Maja Riniker, president of the House of Representatives, called on Switzerland to show solidarity with those people who have ...
Just a few weeks after the picturesque village of Blatten, Switzerland, was evacuated over fears of an impending rockslide, a ...
The images of Blatten’s destruction dredged up further concerns over the accelerating climate crisis. According to New Scientist, glaciers in the Swiss Alps lost 10 percent of their volume from global ...
The landslide sent plumes of dust skyward and coated with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated ...
Villagers in Blatten, Switzerland, were evacuated earlier this month after authorities warned a nearby glacier was on the ...
Switzerland is a success story in predicting landslides— but more must be done to help the rest of the world prepare for ...
Villagers lost their entire livelihood within minutes. One former resident lost their wooden family house built in 1654.