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Glacier avalanche devastates Swiss village

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Glacier avalanche devastates Swiss village, nearby towns on alert

In Blatten, Switzerland, the aftermath of a glacier avalanche is creating increasingly difficult conditions. Water, blocked by the resulting landslide, threatens to flood additional towns. Key information The glacier avalanche destroyed part of the village of Blatten in Switzerland.

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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 mud or destroyed about 90% of a village that was evacuated earlier this month.

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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 Switzerland -- flattened homes in the Alpine town of Blatten after a large chunk of the glacier broke off, Bethan Davies, a professor of glaciology at Newcastle University in the U.K., told ABC News.

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Satellite Photos Show Aftermath of Switzerland Glacier Collapse

The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.

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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 ...

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Swiss Alps avalanche tragedy: five skiers found dead on glacier after climbers discover multiple pairs of abandoned skis

Climbers alerted local authorities after finding abandoned skis near the summit of Rimpfischhorn on Saturday. A helicopter ...

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Five skiers found dead near luxury resort in Switzerland after being ‘swept away by avalanche’

FIVE dead skiers have been found by rescuers near a luxury holiday resort in Switzerland. Their bodies were located one day ...

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Avalanches force evacuation in Switzerland's Lötschental Valley

In the Swiss valley of Lötschental, a dramatic landslide nearly destroyed the mountain village of Blatten. A massive ...

Alpine Catastrophe: Climatic Shift Unleashes Glacier Avalanche in Switzerland

A massive glacier collapse in the Swiss Alps has devastated the village of Blatten, with millions of cubic meters of ice and ...

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Swiss town BURIED after horror avalanche thunders down mountain in huge landslide & submerges homes & causes evacuation

A SWISS town has been buried by an avalanche sparked by a falling glacier which left homes submerged and forced residents to ...

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