7 d. ago Terrifying satellite images show how tiny Swiss village of Blatten was completely wiped out by massive glacier collapse

The remote Alpine village of Blatten was flattened after an avalanche of rock, mud and ice was sent crashing down into the valley.

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7 d. ago The glaciers on the verge of COLLAPSING: As Swiss villages face being wiped out by the Birch Glacier, terrifying interactive map reveals the huge bodies of ice that could be next

As a chunk of Switzerland's Birch Glacier breaks off, partially destroying villages, scientists have revealed the glaciers around the world that could be next.

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8 d. ago Switzerland's ticking time bomb: Two MORE villages face being wiped out after glacier's catastrophic collapse

The Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Valais region collapsed yesterday, sending millions of tons of rock, ice and scree hurtling down the mountain slope and into the valley below

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8 d. ago Glacier collapses and wipes out village burying homes in tonnes of snow and debris

A massive amount of the Birch glacier collapsed on Wednesday in the Swiss Alps, sending snow, ice, mud, and debris crashing down a mountainside and burying part of a village

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9 d. ago Moment village is buried and homes destroyed as massive glacier crashes down Swiss mountain: Urgent search operation launched

At around 3:30 pm local time, a huge collapse occurred on the Birch Glacier, emergency services in the Wallis region said.

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9 d. ago Moment village is buried, with 'many homes' destroyed when massive glacier crashes down Swiss mountain

At around 3:30 pm local time, a huge collapse occurred on the Birch Glacier, emergency services in the Wallis region said.

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