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Glacier collapses on Swiss village

A Swiss village is buried after a glacier collapses in the Alps

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.

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Search suspended for missing man after partial glacier collapse causes landslide that buries 90% of Swiss village

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 Swiss mountainside the day before.

USA TODAY · 6h

Swiss glacier collapses, burying village: Video, satellites show Blatten before and after

A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock after what scientists suspect is a dramatic display of the impact of climate change on mountain communities.

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Why do Swiss mountains collapse? It’s complicated

Discover why Swiss mountains are collapsing more frequently and how climate change and melting permafrost are destabilizing ...

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Massive glacier landslide devastates Swiss village, missing person search continues

A large section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, resulting in a torrent of ice, mud, and rock that has ...

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Switzerland's Beautiful Secret Waterfall Valley Boasts One Of Europe's Largest Glacial Falls

underground and created by the melted water coming from the glaciers of the Swiss mountains. To see the falls, visitors can take an elevator to the top (or, if they're ambitious, the stairs ...

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Swiss mountain village threatened by serious landslide risk

The situation in the mountain village of Blatten, canton Valais, remains serious due to the threat of a landslide, Swiss ...

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