The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley. Although the village had been evacuated some days ago because of fears the ...

New terrifying satellite images have revealed how a tiny Swiss village was completely wiped out by a massive glacier collapse. The remote Alpine village of Blatten was flattened after an avalanche ...

Despite this, Blatten's mayor, Matthias Bellwald, maintains that the village still has a future, even though "the unimaginable has happened". "We have lost our village, but not our heart,” he said.

Large chunk of glacier breaks off, burying 90% of Swiss village Geneva — The search for a 64-year-old man was suspended Thursday due to unsafe conditions after a huge mass of rock and ice from a ...

The 300 residents had been evacuated ahead of the disaster, but a 64-year-old man is still missing. Blatten municipality remains off limitsExternal link due to ongoing dangers.

Blatten is located in the Loetschental valley in the canton of Valais. "We've lost our village," Blatten Mayor Matthias Bellwald said at a news conference, per Reuters. "The village is under rubble.

A massive landslide destroyed 90% of Blatten, Switzerland, a town nestled in a valley below a steep mountainside. "We've lost our village," Blatten Mayor Matthias Bellwald said in the wake of the ...

A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock ...

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.

May 21 (UPI) --Cows stranded in a Swiss village under threat of rockslide were airlifted to safety via helicopter. The Alpine village of Blatten, in southern Switzerland's Loetschental valley, was ...

The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed, leaving several homes fully flattened after a huge section of a glacier fell down onto the valley floor. Thankfully, the village had been ...