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Everything we know about the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland - The village was thankfully evacuated a few days ...
On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...
The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
A large avalanche occurred on Monday night, with a mixture of ice, rock, snow and water, but did not reach the valley floor.
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 ...
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...
Focus has now shifted to the safety of those living near the Lonza River, which the regional government warns could flood as ...
For days, the inhabitants of Blatten, a village in the Swiss Alps, had been warned by geologists that an unstable glacier high above their homes could collapse. On Wednesday afternoon, days after ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock ...
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...