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The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley.
"The longer we delay emissions cuts, the more we burden future generations with irreversible change." Scientists issue grim ...
On May 28, 2025, the tranquil Swiss village of Blatten in the Lötschental Valley was dramatically transformed when a massive ...
At around 3:30 pm local time, a huge collapse occurred on the Birch Glacier, emergency services in the Wallis region said.
A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...
The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
A 64-year-old man is missing after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside. The ...
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 ...
The collapse of the glacier in the Swiss Alps was an expected disaster. When the first signs of instability started to appear, the town was evacuated.