A lake of water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland ...

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

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

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

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 village in Switzerland was buried in a recent glacier collapse, according to Swiss officials. “Almost the entire Birch ...

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

A large avalanche with a mixture of ice, rock, snow and water reach the valley floor is pictured in Wiler after the Birch ...

On May 28, a massive glacier gave way and destroyed a village in the Swiss Alps after a rockfall caused it to fail under ...