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

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A catastrophic glacier collapse in Switzerland has buried parts of the Alpine village of Blatten under a 100-meter-deep layer ...

Celeste Saulo, secretary-general of World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) speaks during a press conference in Geneva.

On August 23, 2017 three million cubic metres of rock crashed down from the Piz Cengalo mountain in eastern Switzerland, triggering a landslide into the valley. It was the largest landslide in ...

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

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

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

The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...

The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...

The world’s glaciers are in dire health with almost 40% of their total mass already doomed even if global temperatures ...