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The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.
At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...
The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...
A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...
Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...
A picturesque Swiss town was buried after part of a glacier broke off and came sliding down a mountain in the Alps. Officials ...
On May 28, a massive glacier gave way and destroyed a village in the Swiss Alps after a rockfall caused it to fail under ...
A massive landslide thundered down a mountainside in Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying a village and burying homes under ...
A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An ...