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The residents of two hamlets in Blatten, Switzerland, were able to visit their homes following a landslide that devasted the ...

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

Zurich, Helvetia and others have so far responded to increasing severe weather risks with premium increases. But a pain ...

Canton Valais is releasing CHF10 million ($12.1 million) in emergency funds for the Swiss mountain village of Blatten, which ...

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

Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...

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 large portion of the Birch glacier In Switzerland, he detached himself, causing an ice, debris and mud that fully ...

Swiss authorities said Thursday that rock and ice piles from a collapsed glacier that destroyed a village were preventing ...