Switzerland glacier collapse has triggered a disaster that’s left much of the Alpine village of Blatten buried under a mountain of ice, rock, and debris. This massive landslide hit on Tuesday ...

After a May avalanche in Blatten, Switzerland, experts took notice of an unusual phenomenon affecting the nation's glaciers in the Alpine region, by which small holes are appearing and expanding ...

An aerial view shows the destruction of Blatten, Switzerland, Thursday, May 29, 2025, one day after a massive debris avalanche, triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier, swept down to the ...

That increased the weight, and with the glacier on a steep slope, it ultimately gave way in dramatic fashion, plunging down on Blatten in the valley. Experts said it was too early to make a direct ...

The aftermath of the Birch Glacier collapse is visible in Blatten, Switzerland, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Workers prepare sheets to cover the Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland ...

The aftermath of the Birch Glacier collapse is visible in Blatten, Switzerland, June 11, 2025. Credit: AP “This is a situation we are seeing more and more often on our glaciers: That the ice is ...

The concerns about Switzerland’s glaciers intensified recently after the southwestern village of Blatten, tucked near the Birch Glacier, was largely destroyed by a slide of rock and glacier ice ...

Swiss insurers on Tuesday put the damage caused by last month's glacier collapse, which largely destroyed the Alpine village of Blatten, at 320 million Swiss francs ($393 million).

The state of Switzerland's glaciers came into stark and dramatic view of the international community last month when a mudslide from an Alpine mountain submerged the southwestern village of Blatten.

"If we manage to reduce or limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, we couldn't save this glacier," Huss said, acknowledging many Swiss glaciers are set to disappear in the future.