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The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.
Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...
The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...
The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
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 ...
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 ...
A lake of water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland ...
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On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...