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Devastating scene unfolds as glacier collapse buries small Swiss village in mud and rock: 'The unimaginable has happened'
"We have lost our village, but we have not lost our heart." Devastating scene unfolds as glacier collapse buries small Swiss ...
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 ...
Why glaciologists believe the Birch Glacier collapsed, burying a nearby Swiss town
On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
How does Switzerland predict landslides?
Switzerland is a success story in predicting landslides — but more must be done to help the rest of the world prepare for ...
The Canadian Press on MSN4d
Rock slide hits Swiss Alpine village that authorities had ordered evacuated
A huge mass of rock and ice in the Swiss Alps sent plumes of dust skyward on Wednesday near a village that authorities had ...
5 skiers found dead on glacier in Switzerland; another skier killed by avalanche
The bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier above the Swiss resort town of Zermatt, authorities said, and another ...
Swiss town left under rubble after chunk of glacier breaks off
STORY: Most of the Swiss village of Blatten was seen submerged under water, mud and rock on Thursday. :: Pomona MediaIt comes ...