Like the people of the Swiss Alps, the Langtangpa have been living with avalanches for centuries, and they have used both ...

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

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

that’s why Blatten was evacuated. But no-one, not even the experts, expected such huge violence. “I was speechless,” said Matthias Huss, a leading glacier specialist at Zurich’s Federal ...

The collapse of the glacier in the Swiss Alps was an expected disaster. When the first signs of instability started to appear ...

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

There are strong theories on the causes, and to what degree it is linked to climate change — but these are yet to be ...

they evacuated the town of Blatten, in the valley below the glacier. The landslide obliterated about 90% of the village and one person is missing, according to Swiss authorities.

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Three news headlines from as many parts of the world last week pointed in the same ominous direction – that the impact of ...