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Flood fears recede

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Flood risk threatens Swiss valley after glacier destroys village

A lake of water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland this week has sparked fears of flooding in the Alpine valley, even as some water eased its way through the morass on Friday.

SWI swissinfo.ch · 2d

Flood risk threatens Swiss valley after ‘millennium event’ glacier collapse

Days after a gigantic avalanche of ice, mud and debris buried much of the village of Blatten in canton Valais, the danger is not over.

Flood fears recede after Swiss glacier collapse

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 fears of a second catastrophe.

Courthouse News Service2d

Switzerland monitoring for flood risk after huge glacier collapse

The huge amount of debris nearly covered the village of Blattern and makes the surrounding peaks look smaller, while a gaping ...

France 24 on MSN3d

Switzerland on ice jam alert after glacier collapse destroys village, leaves one missing

The collapse of a massive glacier in southern Switzerland has triggered the risk of flooding from an ice jam, which blocked ...

2don MSN

Flood risk threatens Swiss valley after village destroyed by glacier

Water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that this week buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland has ...

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