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Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...
The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.
As climate change accelerates, the World Meteorological Organisation is calling for more investment in monitoring and ...
The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...
On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury ...
The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...
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 ...
At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...