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 ...

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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 small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris ...

Switzerland's president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...

Swiss authorities remained on high alert Friday after a massive glacier collapse buried large parts of the alpine village of ...

After a massive glacier collapse in the canton of Valais at the end of May 2025, the Swiss government published a list of ...

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 ...