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The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.
The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...
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 ...
On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...
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The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.
A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An ...
A massive landslide thundered down a mountainside in Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying a village and burying homes under ...