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Blatten

since 2025 › May › 21 (Wed) @ 00:41 UTC

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3 days ago

‘This is ground zero for Blatten’: the tiny Swiss village engulfed by a mountain

found 2025 › Jun › 01 (Sun) @ 13:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠ › International

‘The memories preserved in countless books, photo albums, documentation – everything is gone,’ says village’s mayor

For weeks the weight had sat above the village, nine million tonnes of rock precario…

5 days ago

Idyllic Swiss village stood for centuries - until a roaring glacier wiped it out

found 2025 › May › 30 (Fri) @ 23:30 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

Nine million cubic metres of rock and ice came crashing down on Blatten after a landslide.

Terrifying satellite images show how tiny Swiss village of Blatten was completely wiped out by massive glacier collapse

found 2025 › May › 30 (Fri) @ 20:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The remote Alpine village of Blatten was flattened after an avalanche of rock, mud and ice was sent crashing down into the valley.

Fears TIDAL WAVE could destroy two more Swiss villages after falling glacier obliterated valley settlement and blocked river - sparking flood water surge that is rising by 2½ feet every hour

found 2025 › May › 30 (Fri) @ 08:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The danger of flooding remains high around the village of Blatten, which saw 90% of the town destroyed on Wednesday when the Birch glacier partially collapsed

6 days ago

Glacier collapse buries Swiss village

found 2025 › May › 29 (Thu) @ 10:25 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English

Video shows the moment part of a glacier collapsed on to the Swiss mountain village of Blatten, which was evacuated.

Astonishing new footage shows the moment Swiss village is buried by falling glacier, obliterating houses - as mayor declares 'the unimaginable has happened'

found 2025 › May › 29 (Thu) @ 07:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Video shows a huge cloud of ice and scree spewing over the Swiss village of Blatten on Wednesday, dwarfing tiny Alpine lodges as a chunk of the Birch glacier broke off

7 days ago

Glacier collapse buries most of Swiss village

found 2025 › May › 28 (Wed) @ 17:30 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

Many homes in Blatten have been flattened after a large chunk of the Birch glacier fell on to the village.

Swiss glacier collapse destroys parts of village

found 2025 › May › 28 (Wed) @ 16:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠ › International

Numerous homes in Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town

A massive glacier has collapsed in southern Switzerland, partly destroying the small village of Blatten…

Blatten remains evacuated as Birch Glacier continues to break apart

found 2025 › May › 28 (Wed) @ 15:30 UTC

a story from Euronews ⚠ › Euronews

A section of the Birch Glacier in the Lötschental remains unstable following a major landslide, with millions of cubic metres of debris pushing the ice dangerously downhill.

15 days ago

The village that faces obliteration any moment: Swiss mountain hamlet is evacuated amid warnings it will be crushed under landslide of five million cubic meters of rock within hours

found 2025 › May › 21 (Wed) @ 00:35 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Blatten, a village of around 300 people in the Loetschental valley, southern Switzerland, faces being wiped out after experts predicted an imminent landslide.

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