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The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.
"We have lost our village, but we have not lost our heart." Devastating scene unfolds as glacier collapse buries small Swiss ...
A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury ...
At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...
The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...
A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...
A picturesque Swiss town was buried after part of a glacier broke off and came sliding down a mountain in the Alps. Officials ...
On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
On May 28, a massive glacier gave way and destroyed a village in the Swiss Alps after a rockfall caused it to fail under ...
A massive chunk of rock and ice broke free from a glacier in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday, triggering a landslide. It caused ...
A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An ...
The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...