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

Switzerland’s president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused by a falling glacier were “not alone” and the wealthy Alpine country was calculating ways to help.

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

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A collapsing glacier destroyed a Swiss village. Is climate change to blame?

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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.

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Glacier partially collapses and buries Swiss village

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

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Search suspended for a missing man in Swiss glacier collapse that destroyed 90% of an Alpine village

The landslide sent plumes of dust skyward and coated with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month as a precaution.

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'I Lost Everything': Swiss Residents in Shock After Glacier Debris Buries Village

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What Causes Glaciers to Collapse like the Event That Buried a Swiss Village?

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5 Skiers Found Dead Near Luxury Mountain Resort amid ‘Extremely Difficult’ Weather: Reports

The bodies of five skiers were discovered near the luxury Swiss mountain resort of Zermatt after 'extremely difficult' weather conditions. Police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident on the Rimpfischhorn mountain.

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"I Lost Everything": Swiss Residents After Glacier Debris Buries Village

Residents struggled on Thursday to absorb the scale of devastation caused by a huge slab of glacier that buried most of their picturesque Swiss village, in what scientists suspect is a dramatic example of climate change's impact on the Alps.

Terrifying Glacier Collapse Buries Mountain Village But Residents Emerge Miraculously Safe

As of Thursday morning, all but one of the residents of Blatten, a village in the Lötschental Valley, are safe after a 52,000 cubic foot Birch Glacier collapsed over the town, covering 90 percent of the area with mud and icefall.

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'I lost everything': Swiss residents in shock after glacier debris buries village

Residents struggled on Thursday to absorb the scale of devastation caused by a huge chunk of glacier that buried most of their picturesque Swiss village, in what scientists suspect is a dramatic example of climate change's impact on the Alps.