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

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

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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.

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 ...

On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...

A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.

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

The collapse of a massive glacier in southern Switzerland has triggered the risk of flooding from an ice jam, which blocked ...

A catastrophic landslide triggered by the collapse of Switzerland's Birch Glacier has buried nearly 90% of the Alpine village ...

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