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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.
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Video: Swiss Village Nearly Wiped Out After Glacier Collapse Causes Catastrophic Landslide
Swiss glaciologists attribute the accelerating glacier thaw to climate change, which has increased the risk of such disasters.
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Swiss Village Spared As Rockslide Misses "By A Hair"
A Swiss village evacuated because of rockslide danger was spared "by a hair" when part of the mountain towering above the hamlet crashed down overnight, local officials said on Friday.
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Village In Switzerland Told To Evacuate Over Rockslide Fears
One of the engineers in charge of efforts to monitor the rock slide said that the mountain could come down any moment.
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Heavy Snowfall Strands 13,000 Tourists In Swiss Alps
Heavy snowfall has cut off many villages and resorts across the Alps, trapping some 13,000 tourists at Zermatt, one of Switzerland's most popular ski stations, officials said on Tuesday.
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Swiss Village Pays 200,000 Pound Fine Instead Of Taking 10 Refugees
A super-rich village in Switzerland, one of the wealthiest in Europe, has chosen to pay a fine of 200,000 pounds instead of accepting 10 refugees under the country's newly imposed quota system.
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Gunman kills three, wounds two in Switzerland: police
A gunman shot dead three people and wounded two others late on Wednesday in the Swiss village of Daillon, police said after wounding and arresting the man.
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Samba takes over Swiss town
Scantily clad Samba dancers and drummers have taken over the usually serene streets of the small lakeside Swiss village of Weggiss.
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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.
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Video: Swiss Village Nearly Wiped Out After Glacier Collapse Causes Catastrophic Landslide
Swiss glaciologists attribute the accelerating glacier thaw to climate change, which has increased the risk of such disasters.
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Swiss Village Spared As Rockslide Misses "By A Hair"
A Swiss village evacuated because of rockslide danger was spared "by a hair" when part of the mountain towering above the hamlet crashed down overnight, local officials said on Friday.
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Village In Switzerland Told To Evacuate Over Rockslide Fears
One of the engineers in charge of efforts to monitor the rock slide said that the mountain could come down any moment.
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Heavy Snowfall Strands 13,000 Tourists In Swiss Alps
Heavy snowfall has cut off many villages and resorts across the Alps, trapping some 13,000 tourists at Zermatt, one of Switzerland's most popular ski stations, officials said on Tuesday.
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Swiss Village Pays 200,000 Pound Fine Instead Of Taking 10 Refugees
A super-rich village in Switzerland, one of the wealthiest in Europe, has chosen to pay a fine of 200,000 pounds instead of accepting 10 refugees under the country's newly imposed quota system.
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Gunman kills three, wounds two in Switzerland: police
A gunman shot dead three people and wounded two others late on Wednesday in the Swiss village of Daillon, police said after wounding and arresting the man.
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Samba takes over Swiss town
Scantily clad Samba dancers and drummers have taken over the usually serene streets of the small lakeside Swiss village of Weggiss.
