There are strong theories on the causes, and to what degree it is linked to climate change — but these are yet to be ...

The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier wiped the village of Blatten off the map. DW spoke to locals and experts ...

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

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

Residents struggled to absorb the scale of devastation caused by a huge chunk of glacier that buried most of their ...

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

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 ...

Swiss authorities remained on high alert Friday after a massive glacier collapse buried large parts of the alpine village of ...

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

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

The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.