Since Friday, the Swiss Armed Forces have been removing driftwood and debris from the newly formed lake in the Blatten landslide area in Valais. This is often very emotional for the emergency services ...

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GENEVA — 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 ...

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Two weeks after a massive landslide wiped out most of the mountain village of Blatten in the Swiss Alps, talk of reconstruction is picking up, but huge challenges remain. A ...

An artificial lake building up behind the rubble left by a glacier that dramatically plunged down a Swiss mountainside, destroying a village, is beginning to drain, authorities said Friday, reducing ...

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The situation in the landslide area of Blatten in southwestern Switzerland remained stable on Monday night. There were no recognisable changes on the Birch Glacier. On the Kleine ...

Focus has now shifted to the safety of those living near the Lonza River, which the regional government warns could flood as a result of dammed water flows caused by debris. Authorities in southern ...

In May, a landslide above Blatten in the canton of Valais buried most of the village under a mass of ice, mud and rock, an event that has prompted in-depth research. At a recent conference in ...

The Alpine village of Blatten in Lotschental valley in southern Switzerland was buried under large volumes of ice and rock debris May 28, 2025 as a massive chunk of the Birch glacier broke off and ...

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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. The village had been evacuated a week prior, after signs that the Birch ...