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

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

A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...

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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 ...

Permafrost is often called the glue that holds the mountains together. When it thaws, the mountains crumble, and they start ...

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

An artificial lake building up behind the rubble left by a glacier that dramatically plunged down a Swiss mountainside, ...

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

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...

The Swiss village of Blatten faces devastation after a glacier collapse buried it under debris, displacing around 300 ...

The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...