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Glacier collapse in Swiss village

Mud and rock buries evacuated Swiss village after glacier collapse, one person missing

Officials said millions of cubic metres of rock and soil have tumbled down since Blatten was first evacuated this month when part of the mountain behind the glacier began to crumble, sparking warning...

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

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Raw video: Glacier collapse sends rock, debris cascading toward Swiss village

Swiss Glacier Collapse Renews Focus on Risks of Climate Change as Glaciers Retreat Around the World

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world and the increasing dangers.

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A river dammed by a huge Swiss landslide is flowing again. That’s a relief to authorities

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

Flood risk threatens Swiss valley after glacier destroys village

Water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that this week buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river in southern Switzerland has sparked warnings that further evacuations may be needed.

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Glacier Collapse in the Swiss Alps Destroys Most of a Village

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Aerial footage shows the aftermath of the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland

How Switzerland's Birch glacier collapsed

A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the valley below, glaciologists and geoscientists told AFP on Friday.