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The residents of two hamlets in Blatten, Switzerland, were able to visit their homes following a landslide that devasted the ...
Canton Valais is releasing CHF10 million ($12.1 million) in emergency funds for the Swiss mountain village of Blatten, which ...
Switzerland’s glacier collapse is a chilling sign of Europe’s warming crisis – and a warning for alpine communities.
Days after a gigantic avalanche of ice, mud and debris buried much of the village of Blatten in canton Valais, the danger is ...
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
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 ...
Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
On May 28 a huge chunk of a glacier in the southern Swiss Alps collapsed, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury most ...
Please stop sending clothes, but give us money. That’s the message from the authorities in the devasted village of Blatten.
Switzerland's president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...
Swiss authorities remained on high alert Friday after a massive glacier collapse buried large parts of the alpine village of ...