This Swiss village has been swamped and now it's snowed under. They're slowly digging their way out

BLATTEN, Switzerland — When a devastating landslide all but swallowed his Swiss village and toppled his three-generation ...
Hartford Courant

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

GENEVA (AP) — A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris, and the level of a newly created lake that raised worries ...
KSL

Mountains are among the planet's most beautiful places. They're also becoming the deadliest

BLATTEN, Switzerland — Jan Beutel was half-watching a live stream of Kleines Nesthorn, a mountain peak in the Swiss Alps, when he realized its cacophony of creaks and rumbles was getting louder. He ...
Phys.org

Swiss glacier collapse renews focus on risks of climate change as glaciers retreat around the world

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world and the increasing dangers. How glaciers ...
Yahoo

Residents forced to flee as entire village is erased by catastrophic event: 'It's beyond imagination'

According to NPR, scientists monitoring the Birch Glacier above the town of Blatten, Switzerland, noticed it sliding faster than usual and urged the government to clear out all 300 people. Days later, ...