As climate change accelerates, the World Meteorological Organisation is calling for more investment in monitoring and ...

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

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, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...

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

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

The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide ...

A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...

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

What Causes Glaciers to Collapse like the Event That Buried a Swiss Village?

Switzerland’s president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...