Appenzell village is named ‘lightning capital’ of Switzerland In total, 29,000 lightning strikes were recorded in 2024 throughout Switzerland, 12% fewer than in 2023. Keystone-SDA ...

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.

Days earlier, the village of Blatten had evacuated but one person is missing, officials said. ... Zermatt, Switzerland: 5 skiers found dead on mountain Photos show the Swiss Alps glacier collapse ...

The bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier above the Swiss resort town of Zermatt, authorities said, and another person was killed following an avalanche in a village north of there.

An aerial view shows Blatten, Switzerland, Thursday, May 29, 2025, one day after a massive debris avalanche, triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier, swept down to the valley floor 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 part of a mountain village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk ...

“We have lost our village,” the mayor of Blatten said after the glacier’s explosive collapse covered it in ice, rock and mud. One person is missing.

A massive landslide hit a village in the southern Switzerland. The incident occurred after the Birch glacier collapsed. A man is missing after the disaster. The landslide largely destroyed Blatten ...

May 21 (UPI) --Cows stranded in a Swiss village under threat of rockslide were airlifted to safety via helicopter.The Alpine village of Blatten, in southern Switzerland's Loetschental valley, was ...

Around 300 people live in Blatten, which is located in southern Switzerland's Loetschental valley. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Gonten in canton Appenzell Inner Rhodes recorded the highest number of lightning strikes per square kilometre in Switzerland last year. Two other mun Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT ...