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Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...
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On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
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 landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...
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 Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.
We have lost our village,” the mayor of Blatten said after the glacier’s explosive collapse covered it in ice, rock and mud. One person is missing.
Rescuers in the Swiss Alps were searching for at least one person missing after 1.5 million cubic meters of ice, rock and mud ...
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...
A village in Switzerland was buried in a recent glacier collapse, according to Swiss officials. “Almost the entire Birch ...