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Glacier collapse in Swiss village

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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A Swiss village is buried after a glacier collapses in the Alps

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Search suspended for missing man after partial glacier collapse causes landslide that buries 90% of Swiss village

Aerial footage shows the aftermath of the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland

Aerial footage showed flooded homes and debris scattered around a Swiss village after a huge mass of rock and ice from a ...

Glacier collapse in Blatten, Switzerland—A portent of an ecological catastrophe

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 ...

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A river dammed by a huge Swiss landslide is flowing again. That’s a relief to authorities

A huge mass of rock, ice and mud from the Birch glacier thundered into the Lötschental valley in southern Switzerland, destroying much of the village ...

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Massive Glacier Buries Scenic Village In Switzerland: Check Out Before & After Images

A massive glacier collapse overwhelmed the Swiss village of Blatten, destroying most structures and leaving a 64-year-old man ...

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