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Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...
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The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...
On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...
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.
The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...
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.
A village in Switzerland was buried in a recent glacier collapse, according to Swiss officials. “Almost the entire Birch ...