Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...

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A lake of water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland ...

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 ...

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...

The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...

A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An ...

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...

At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...

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