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Alpine glacier collapses engulfing Swiss village
The Swiss village of Blatten was partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley, flooding plains and destroying houses. Drone footage showed a large section of the Birch glacier collapsing at about 15:30 (14:30 BST) on Wednesday.
Swiss glacier collapses, burying village: Video, satellites show Blatten before and after
A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock after what scientists suspect is a dramatic display of the impact of climate change on mountain communities.
A Swiss Alpine village was largely wiped out on Wednesday after a massive glacier carrying rock and debris detached and roared down the mountainside, destroying everything in its path. Scientists ...
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside on Wednesday, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities ...
Our writer Lucy visited the Hard Rock Hotel Davos, a two-hour drive from Zurich, and discovered that the Swiss Alps have something for everyone all year round ...
A collapsing glacier roared down a mountainside in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday. It wiped out one village in its path. The destruction it caused surprised officials who blamed climate change.
A picturesque Swiss town was buried after part of a glacier broke off and came sliding down a mountain in the Alps.
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