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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 ...
Aerial footage showed flooded homes and debris scattered around a Swiss village after a huge mass of rock and ice from a ...
Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
Focus has now shifted to the safety of those living near the Lonza River, which the regional government warns could flood as ...
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock ...
According to the head of the Valais Natural Hazards Office, the cone of debris from the landslide in Blatten is over 100 ...
Video. A section of the Birch Glacier in the Lötschental remains unstable following a major landslide, with millions of cubic ...