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Switzerland is a success story in predicting landslides — but more must be done to help the rest of the world prepare for ...
Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
A glacier collapse devastated the Swiss village of Blatten, destroying homes and leaving one person missing. Evacuated days ...
Just a few weeks after the picturesque village of Blatten, Switzerland, was evacuated over fears of an impending rockslide, a ...
A devastating landslide, triggered by the Birch Glacier collapse, buried Blatten, Switzerland, prompting evacuations but ...
A chunk of a large glacier broke off, triggering an enormous landslide that has destroyed the village of Blatten.
Geologists had predicted that a rockslide near Blatten — home to nearly 300 — was imminent. Residents were evacuated on May ...
A massive landslide has destroyed the Alpine village of Blatten in southern Switzerland, leaving a man missing and raising ...
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
The images of Blatten’s destruction dredged up further concerns over the accelerating climate crisis. According to New Scientist, glaciers in the Swiss Alps lost 10 percent of their volume from global ...
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 ...
On May 28, a mass of rock, ice, mud and water crashed down on and buried the mountain village of Blatten in the Swiss canton ...