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A Swiss village is buried after a glacier collapses in the Alps

A Swiss Alpine village was largely wiped out on Wednesday after a massive glacier carrying rock and debris detached and roared down the mountainside, destroying everything in its path.

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Mud and rock buries evacuated Swiss village after glacier collapse, one person missing

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Search suspended for missing man after partial glacier collapse causes landslide that buries 90% of Swiss village

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

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 about potentia...

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The Swiss village wiped off the map by a glacier

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Swiss glacier collapses, burying village: Video, satellites show Blatten before and after

Swiss president pledges aid for Alpine villagers left homeless after glacier collapse

“Unfortunately, the danger has not yet been averted,” Keller-Sutter said.

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Watch: Swiss Glacier Collapses, Destroying Mountain Village

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Flood risk threatens Swiss valley after glacier destroys village

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How Switzerland's Birch glacier collapsed

A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the valley below, glaciologists and geoscientists told AFP on Friday.

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A 700-pound boulder pins Alaska man face-down in a glacier creek for three hours

An Alaska man who was pinned facedown in an icy creek by a 700-pound (318-kilogram) boulder for three hours survived the ordeal with only minor injuries, thanks in part to his wife's quick thinking and lots of luck.