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The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...
As climate change accelerates, the World Meteorological Organisation is calling for more investment in monitoring and ...
The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.
Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...
The search for a 64-year-old man was suspended on Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
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On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.
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 landslide thundered down a mountainside in Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying a village and burying homes under ...