A glacier collapse has wiped out the village of Blatten in Valais. While politicians are determined to rebuild it, experts warn of challenges. The old Blatten will probably never exist again.

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 ...

The army has begun clearing the newly formed Blatten Lake. On Tuesday, those responsible will provide an update on the ...

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 ...

BLATTEN, Switzerland — When a devastating landslide all but swallowed his Swiss village and toppled his three-generation family-owned hotel in May, Lukas Kalbermatten was overwhelmed by a sense of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This afternoon, a massive avalanche of ice, mud, and rock buried the picturesque Swiss village of Blatten. It was triggered when a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One year after the destruction of the small Swiss village of Blatten in a massive landslide, reconstruction efforts are in full ...

By Marleen Kaesebier, Denis Balibouse and Cecile Mantovani WILER, Switzerland, May 26 (Reuters) - Hotel Momentum stands above Switzerland's Loetschen Valley as a symbol of recovery, a year after a ...

(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 ...

BLATTEN, Switzerland (AP) — When a devastating landslide all but swallowed his Swiss village and toppled his three-generation family-owned hotel in May, Lukas Kalbermatten was overwhelmed by a sense ...