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Inside the Swiss valley partially swallowed by a glacier
The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier wiped the village of Blatten off the map. DW spoke to locals and experts ...
‘Major catastrophe’: Alpine village largely destroyed after a Swiss glacier collapses
Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley, with homes and buildings partially submerged under ...
A Swiss village is buried after a glacier collapses in the Alps
The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.
Search suspended for missing man after partial glacier collapse causes landslide that buries 90% of Swiss village
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 ...
Search suspended for a missing man in Swiss glacier collapse that destroyed 90% of an Alpine village
A 64-year-old man remains missing after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the day before.
Swiss glacier collapse renews focus on risks of climate change as glaciers retreat around the world
The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
Why glaciologists believe the Birch Glacier collapsed, burying a nearby Swiss town
On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
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90% of an Alpine village destroyed after Swiss glacier collapse
Video on social media and Swiss television showed that the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley ... retreat of glaciers in Switzerland. The landlocked Alpine country has ...
Flood risk threatens Swiss valley after glacier destroys village
Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...
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Swiss Alps village largely destroyed after massive glacier collapses: ‘It’s a major catastrophe’
Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley ... the retreat of glaciers in Switzerland. The landlocked Alpine country has the most ...
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Alpine village is largely destroyed when a Swiss glacier collapses
The landlocked Alpine country has the most glaciers of any country in Europe ... snow and water reach the valley floor is pictured in Wiler after the Birch glacier collapsing above Blatten ...
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Search suspended for missing man in Swiss glacier collapse that destroyed 90% of an Alpine village
Video on social media and Swiss television showed that the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley ... retreat of glaciers in Switzerland. The landlocked Alpine country has ...