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A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...
Massive glacier collapse buries Swiss village; 90% of Blatten destroyed. Birch Glacier collapse triggered a massive landslide ...
Swiss authorities remained on high alert Friday after a massive glacier collapse buried large parts of the alpine village of ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
Experts feared a total collapse within hours ... the director of Glacier Monitoring Switzerland (GLAMOS), told AFP. "The glacier accelerated strongly in response to this additional loading ...
The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.
The collapse of the glacier in the Swiss Alps was an expected disaster. When the first signs of instability started to appear ...
How glaciers collapse - from the Alps and Andes to the Himalayas and Antarctica - can differ, scientists say. But in almost every instance, climate change is playing a role. In Switzerland ...
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Swiss Glacier Collapse Raises Flood Risk
Massive glacier collapse in Blatten, Switzerland, causes debris blockage and raises serious flood risks in the Lonza valley.
The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...
A devastating landslide, triggered by the Birch Glacier collapse, buried Blatten, Switzerland, prompting evacuations but leaving one missing. The disaster, attributed to climate change and rapid ...