An unstable glacier in the Swiss Alps collapsed this week, sending a deluge of rock, ice and mud through the valley below and ...

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 ...

Villagers in Blatten, Switzerland, were evacuated earlier this month after authorities warned a nearby glacier was on the ...

Swiss glaciologists attribute the accelerating glacier thaw to climate change, which has increased the risk of such disasters ...

At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...

The landslide sent plumes of dust skyward and coated with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated ...

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

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

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 ...