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The glacier’s collapse and the subsequent landslide—which was so intense that it corresponded to a magnitude 3.1 earthquake ...
The search for a 64-year-old man was suspended on Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a ...
The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.
A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside, sending plumes of dust skyward and ...
Swiss glaciologists attribute the accelerating glacier thaw to climate change, which has increased the risk of such disasters ...
The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide ...
The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.
Everything we know about the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland - The village was thankfully evacuated a few days ...
Infographic showing the freeze-thaw process that happens in cold areas and can cause rockslides (Graphic ... the day after the Birch Glacier collapsed and partially destroyed the small village ...
The small village of Blatten in the Swiss Alps was largely destroyed by a landslide that occurred as a result of the partial collapse of the Birch Glacier on May 28, 2025. 28,756 people played the ...
A catastrophic landslide triggered by the partial collapse of the Birch Glacier buried approximately 90% of Blatten, a small ...