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Villagers nervously watch a mountain peak after rockslide buried their neighbours - Blatten was evacuated before a chunk of a ...
In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.
KANDERSTEG, Switzerland (Reuters) -In the Swiss Alpine resort of Kandersteg, officials have been closely monitoring a ...
The body of a 64-year-old man, who has been missing since part of the Brich glacier collapsed on the Swiss village of Blatten ...
The landslide in Blatten VS and the resulting floods caused damage totalling CHF 320 million. Around CHF 260 million of this was due to damage to buildings and household contents, according to ...
One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers.
Swiss authorities have cleared a village in the country’s east over a potential rockslide, three weeks after a mudslide submerged a vacated village in the southwest.
According to an initial estimate, the landslide in Blatten in Valais will cost insurers around 320 million Swiss francs. The ...
Human remains were found and recovered on Tuesday as part of a search operation in the buried mountain village of Blatten.
Police teams working at the devastated remains of the village of Blatten in canton Valais have found human remains.
At the «Day of Insurers,» the president of the Swiss Insurance Association (SIA), Stefan Mäder, emphasized the industry’s ...
A leading Swiss insurers’ association issued Tuesday a preliminary estimate of damages related to the submerging of the southwestern village of Blatten on May 28, putting the figure at some 320 ...