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Swiss glacier collapse buries the majority of the village of Blatten
A large avalanche with a mixture of ice, rock, snow and water reach the valley floor after the Birch glacier collapsed above Blatten, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 28, 2025 ...
Alpine village is largely destroyed when a Swiss glacier collapses
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...
Alpine village is largely destroyed after Swiss glacier collapse causes ‘major catastrophe’
Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley, with homes and ...
Moment Swiss village is buried, with 'many homes' destroyed by massive glacier
At around 3:30 pm local time, a huge collapse occurred on the Birch Glacier, emergency services in the Wallis region said.