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Like the people of the Swiss Alps, the Langtangpa have been living with avalanches for centuries, and they have used both ...
The Swiss government is proposing to give 5 million francs ($6 million) to the Alpine village of Blatten that was destroyed ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...
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The collapse of a melting glacier in the Swiss Alps buried and partially destroyed Blatten, a centuries-old village.
An artificial lake building up behind the rubble left by a glacier that dramatically plunged down a Swiss mountainside, ...
Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
Swiss authorities said Friday that they were no longer considering evacuating most residents in the vicinity of a collapsed ...
Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...