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A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
that’s why Blatten was evacuated. But no-one, not even the experts, expected such huge violence. “I was speechless,” said Matthias Huss, a leading glacier specialist at Zurich’s Federal ...
The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide ...
There are strong theories on the causes, and to what degree it is linked to climate change — but these are yet to be ...
The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...
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Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...
Swiss authorities remained on high alert Friday after a massive glacier collapse buried large parts of the alpine village of ...
The residents of two hamlets in Blatten, Switzerland, were able to visit their homes following a landslide that devasted the ...
A deluge of ice, mud and rock crashed down a mountain on May 28, engulfing some 90% of the village of Switzerland’s Blatten village. Scientists have reportedly termed the Glacier collapse as a ...
The fact that only one person is missing after the huge glacier collapse that engulfed the Swiss mountain village of Blatten ...