The Swiss government is proposing to give 5 million francs ($6 million) to the Alpine village of Blatten that was destroyed ...

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

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

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

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

The residents of two hamlets in Blatten, Switzerland, were able to visit their homes following a landslide that devasted the ...

The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide ...

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

“I was speechless,” said Matthias Huss, a leading glacier specialist at ... Huss had been aware of the situation in Blatten; he and his team check Switzerland’s glaciers all year round ...

The fact that only one person is missing after the huge glacier collapse that engulfed the Swiss mountain village of Blatten ...

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