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

A new study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciencesreveals powerful and previously unknown winds racing over parts of ...

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

New research reveals powerful Antarctic winds that could be accelerating glacier melt and rising seas. In the far reaches of ...

Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley, with homes and ...

A glacier in Switzerland's Lötschental valley broke off, causing a massive mudslide and covering 90% of the village of ...

The glacier’s collapse was so explosive that ... In a statement, the agency said the mass movement was one of the largest ever recorded in the country. Experts are mixed on whether the collapse ...

Videos on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Ltschental valley. Houses and buildings ...

At least one person is missing after Blatten village in southern Switzerland was buried beneath tonnes of debris from the ...

On May 28, a mass of rock, ice, mud and water crashed down on and buried the mountain village of Blatten in the Swiss canton ...

The Birch Glacier, perched above the village, disintegrated without warning, leading to a destructive flow that submerged ...

Dramatic video showed the picturesque alpine village of Blatten being swept away by a mass of brownish sludge.