The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.

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Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...

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

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...

A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury ...

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 natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...

At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...

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.