The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...

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

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A new study reveals that once our planet surpasses 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming, melting glaciers ...

The collapse of a melting glacier in the Swiss Alps buried and partially destroyed Blatten, a centuries-old village.

As glaciers melt and retreat, lakes can form at their base and sometimes burst with devastating impact. In Alaska, such floods have hit Juneau after meltwater from a retreating glacier lifts and ...

Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris, and the level of a newly created lake that raised worries ...

Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...

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

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

A devastating landslide, triggered by the Birch Glacier collapse, buried Blatten, Switzerland, prompting evacuations but ...