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The Swiss village of Blatten faces devastation after a glacier collapse buried it under debris, displacing around 300 ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...
A devastating landslide, triggered by the Birch Glacier collapse, buried Blatten, Switzerland, prompting evacuations but ...
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 ...
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
The residents of two hamlets in Blatten, Switzerland, were able to visit their homes following a landslide that devasted the ...
that’s why Blatten was evacuated. But no-one, not even the experts, expected such huge violence. “I was speechless,” said Matthias Huss, a leading glacier specialist at Zurich’s Federal ...
A deluge of ice, mud and rock crashed down a mountain on May 28, engulfing some 90% of the village of Switzerland’s Blatten village. Scientists have reportedly termed the Glacier collapse as a ...
The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide ...
Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...
The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...