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The symbolic ground-breaking ceremony for the reconstruction took place in Blatten on Friday. The mountain village was largely buried on May 28, 2025, and partly submerged in the lake formed by the landslide. “The lake will disappear at some point,” said the mayor, Matthias Bellwald.
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