The Swiss government is proposing to give 5 million francs ($6 million) to the Alpine village of Blatten that was destroyed ...

The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...

A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock ...

Everything we know about the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland - The village was thankfully evacuated a few days ...

On May 28, a mass of rock, ice, mud and water crashed down on and buried the mountain village of Blatten in the Swiss canton ...

The fact that only one person is missing after the huge glacier collapse that engulfed the Swiss mountain village of Blatten ...

Villagers lost their entire livelihood within minutes. One former resident lost their wooden family house built in 1654.

Water from the Lonza river flows over the mud and stone, after the formation of a lake by the last houses of the village of Blatten, Switzerland, Saturday, May 31, 2025. Credit: AP/Cyril Zingaro ...

Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

A glacier collapse devastated the Swiss village of Blatten, destroying homes and leaving one person missing. Evacuated days ...

The situation in the landslide area of Blatten in southwestern Switzerland remained stable on Monday night. There were no ...

Around 300 people live in Blatten, which is located in southern Switzerland's Loetschental valley. Read more at ...