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Striking Satellite Images Show Swiss Village Buried by Landslide first appeared on Powder on May 29, 2025 Savannah Chrisley ...
The Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Valais (Wallis) region collapsed on Wednesday, sending tons of rock, ice and ...
On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern Switzerland -- flattened homes in the Alpine town of Blatten after a large chunk of ...
Just a few weeks after the picturesque village of Blatten, Switzerland, was evacuated over fears of an impending rockslide, a ...
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 ...
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 ...
At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...
Authorities are using a drone with a thermal camera to search for the 64-year-old man. There are also concerns the debris from the glacier could cause the River Lonza flood other villages.
Villagers in Blatten, Switzerland, were evacuated earlier this month after authorities warned a nearby glacier was on the ...
Geologists had predicted that a rockslide near Blatten — home to nearly 300 — was imminent. Residents were evacuated on May ...