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A massive landslide hit a village in the southern Switzerland. The incident occurred after the Birch glacier collapsed. A man is missing after the disaster. The landslide largely destroyed Blatten ...
In 2023, residents of the village of Brienz, in eastern Switzerland, were evacuated before a huge mass of rock slid down a mountainside, stopping just short of the community.
Water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that this week buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland has sparked warnings that further evacuations may be needed amid the risk of ...
Residents have told of their devastation after a landslide destroyed the vast majority of a village in Switzerland. Around 90% of the picturesque village of Blatten was engulfed in ice, mud and ...
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.
Giant glacier collapses and wipes out part of Blatten village in Switzerland Sarah Hooper. Published May 28, 2025 6:13pm Updated May 29, 2025 9:30am Share this with. Comments. To view this ...
In 2023, residents of the village of Brienz, in eastern Switzerland, were evacuated before a huge mass of rock slid down a mountainside, stopping just short of the community.
Around 300 people live in Blatten, which is located in southern Switzerland's Loetschental valley. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
“We have lost our village,” the mayor of Blatten said after the glacier’s explosive collapse covered it in ice, rock and mud. One person is missing.
Switzerland: Flood risk after landslide engulfs village 05/29/2025 May 29, 2025. Authorities are using a drone with a thermal camera to search for a 64-year-old man missing after a massive landslide.
The most recent report into the condition of Switzerland's glaciers suggested they could all be gone within a century, if global temperatures could not be kept within a rise of 1.5C above pre ...