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The collapse of a melting glacier in the Swiss Alps buried and partially destroyed Blatten, a centuries-old village.

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

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Massive glacier collapse in Blatten, Switzerland, causes debris blockage and raises serious flood risks in the Lonza valley.

An artificial lake building up behind the rubble left by a glacier that dramatically plunged down a Swiss mountainside, ...