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After the recent collapse of the glacier in Blatten, experts are becoming even more suspicious than ever of the threat.
A vast section of a glacier broke apart in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday, setting off a landslide of ice, mud and rocks that caused widespread damage to a small village, nine days after its 300 ...
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 part of a mountain village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk ...
The village of Blatten, in a valley below the Bietschhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps, was destroyed Wednesday by a landslide after part of the huge Birch Glacier collapsed. A local river is now ...
The Brief A landslide near Blatten, Switzerland submerged an entire village in the Swiss Alps, leaving most of the homes and buildings under a mass of brown sludge. It happened after a large chunk ...
As much as 90% of Blatten, Switzerland, is now engulfed by ice, mud, and rock after what scientists suspect is a dramatic display of the impact of climate change on mountain communities.
A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An official stated that 90% of the village of Blatten, with an estimated ...