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The collapse of a melting glacier in the Swiss Alps buried and partially destroyed Blatten, a centuries-old village.

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

Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...

An artificial lake building up behind the rubble left by a glacier that dramatically plunged down a Swiss mountainside, ...

Residents survive, but life in the Swiss Alps village of Blatten is forever changed, erasing centuries of tradition ...