3 w. ago Fears TIDAL WAVE could destroy two more Swiss villages after falling glacier obliterated valley settlement and blocked river

The danger of flooding remains high around the village of Blatten, which saw 90% of the town destroyed on Wednesday when the Birch glacier partially collapsed

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3 w. ago Flooding fears after glacier collapse buries picturesque Swiss village under mud and rock

A deluge of rock and ice careered down the Swiss Alps near a village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month

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3 w. ago Man remains missing after a Swiss glacier collapsed and destroyed 90% of an Alpine village

A 64-year-old man remains missing after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the day before

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3 w. ago Search for missing Swiss glacier collapse victim as village destroyed by rocks

Blatten, in the southern Swiss Lötschental valley, was almost completely submerged this week by a wall of ice and rock that cascaded down a hill and into dozens of homes

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3 w. ago One person missing after Glacier collapse buries parts of Swiss village under mud and rock

A deluge of rock and ice careered down the Swiss Alps near a village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month

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3 w. ago One person missing after Swiss glacier collapse destroys village

Homes in Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated townA huge section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury most of a village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk of a rockslide.Drone footage broadcast by Swiss national broadcaster SRF showed a vast plain of mud and soil completely covering part of the village of Blatten, the river running through it and the wooded sides of the surrounding valley. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Catastrophe’: one person missing after Swiss glacier collapse destroys village

Homes in Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated townA huge section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury most of a village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk of a rockslide.Drone footage broadcast by Swiss national broadcaster SRF showed a vast plain of mud and soil completely covering part of the village of Blatten, the river running through it and the wooded sides of the surrounding valley. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud

One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated townA huge section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury most of a village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk of a rockslide.Drone footage broadcast by Swiss national broadcaster SRF showed a vast plain of mud and soil completely covering part of the village of Blatten, the river running through it and the wooded sides of the surrounding valley. Continue reading...

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Glacier collapse buries parts of Swiss village under mud and rock

A deluge of rock and ice careered down the Swiss Alps near a village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month

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3 w. 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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