On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...

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A village in Switzerland was buried in a recent glacier collapse, according to Swiss officials. “Almost the entire Birch ...

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Switzerland’s president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...

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The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.

Aerial footage showed flooded homes and debris scattered around a Swiss village after a huge mass of rock and ice from a ...

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 ...

A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.