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The residents of two hamlets in Blatten, Switzerland, were able to visit their homes following a landslide that devasted the ...
Canton Valais is releasing CHF10 million ($12.1 million) in emergency funds for the Swiss mountain village of Blatten, which ...
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
On May 28, a mass of rock, ice, mud and water crashed down on and buried the mountain village of Blatten in the Swiss canton ...
A Swiss charity, which covers the uninsured damage of natural disasters, is supporting the landslide-devasted villages of ...
Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
The fact that only one person is missing after the huge glacier collapse that engulfed the Swiss mountain village of Blatten last week is almost a m ...
Switzerland's president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...
Stephane Ganzer, an official in the canton of Valais where Blatten is located, told Swiss media that about 90% of the village was covered by the landslide. 'it's a major catastrophe that has ...
Swiss Solidarity's provisional donations for ... they do not have a concrete overview of the total amount donated, said Valais State Councillor Franziska Biner to the media in Blatten on Saturday.
The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...