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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.
The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
As climate change accelerates, the World Meteorological Organisation is calling for more investment in monitoring and ...
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 ...
Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...
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A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...
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 ...
A Swiss air force helicopter flies above the scene of the collapsed Birch Glacier. The evacuated small village of Blatten was largely destroyed by the rock and ice fall, with the remaining houses ...