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In the heart of Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland, Lauterbrunnen is a postcard-perfect village set within a dramatic glacial valley. With 72 waterfalls – including the awe-inspiring Staubbach Falls – ...
Take a 4K scenic drive from the charming alpine village of Grindelwald to the spectacular Lauterbrunnen Valley. Nestled among steep cliffs and alpine peaks, Lauterbrunnen boasts 72 waterfalls and ...
Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley, with homes and buildings partially submerged under a mass of brownish sludge. Regional ...
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has buried most of a Swiss Alps village, in the southern Lötschental valley. Regional police said a 64-year-old man was reported missing, with search ...
A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon ... the river running through it and the wooded sides of the surrounding valley. “We’ve lost our village ...
Rescue workers and the army have been on site searching for a missing man, clearing debris and air lifting sheep out of the valley ... part of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken away, bringing ...
Debris flows could also occur due to the masses of rock, ice and water now lying in the valley. The material ... are on the increase in the Swiss Alps owing to climate change.
At least two people have died after a "severe" avalanche on the Eiger mountain in the Swiss Alps on Saturday, local police say. The avalanche took place shortly after midday, and swept away seven ...
A village in the Swiss Alps has been buried beneath ice, rock and mud after a massive piece of a nearby glacier collapsed. On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located ...
A landslide near Blatten, Switzerland submerged an entire village in the Swiss Alps, leaving most of the ... in the southern Lötschental valley, with homes and buildings partially submerged ...
A huge chunk of a glacier has collapsed in the Swiss Alps, leaving a village partially destroyed. Authorities say 90 per cent of the village of Blatten has been covered by thousands of tonnes of ...