The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier wiped the village of Blatten off the map. DW spoke to locals and experts ...

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.

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Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...

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 ...

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

A village in the Swiss Alps has been buried beneath ice, rock and mud after a massive piece of a nearby glacier collapsed. On ...

The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.

The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...

A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An ...

Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...