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

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

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

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

A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An ...

A village in the Swiss Alps has been buried beneath ice, rock and mud after a massive piece of a nearby glacier collapsed. On ...

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

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

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

A massive chunk of rock and ice broke free from a glacier in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday, triggering a landslide. It caused ...

On May 28, a massive glacier gave way and destroyed a village in the Swiss Alps after a rockfall caused it to fail under ...