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In the Swiss Alpine resort of Kandersteg, officials have been closely monitoring a deteriorating mountain peak that towers ...
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 ...
Dozens of people are being evacuated by helicopter in Austria after a mudslide covered homes and mountain huts in the ...
Decenas de personas estaban siendo evacuadas en helicóptero en Austria el martes después de que un deslizamiento de tierra ...
At the «Day of Insurers,» the president of the Swiss Insurance Association (SIA), Stefan Mäder, emphasized the industry’s ...
The landslide in the Swiss village of Blatten and the resulting floods caused damage totalling CHF320 million ($395 million).
On the afternoon of 28 May, a massive glacier avalanche destroyed the idyllic village of Blatten in the Valais region of Switzerland. Footage of the disaster rapidly circulated around the world, ...
Villagers nervously watch a mountain peak after rockslide buried their neighbours - Blatten was evacuated before a chunk of a ...
Police teams working at the devastated remains of the village of Blatten in canton Valais have found human remains.
One of Switzerland’s glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country’s glaciers ...
According to an initial estimate, the landslide in Blatten in Valais will cost insurers around 320 million Swiss francs. The ...
Blatten municipality remains off limits due to ongoing dangers. “Blatten still has a future,” declared the mayor, Matthias Bellwald, immediately after the disaster. “We’ll go back there.” ...