The Swiss glacier collapse is not an isolated event Just last week, Blatten was buried under a massive avalanche of rock and ice from the Birch Glacier and the nearby Lonza River bed.

The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide living under the shadow of fragile ice, particularly in Asia, experts say.

The aftermath of the Birch Glacier collapse is visible in Blatten, Switzerland, June 11, 2025. Credit: AP ...

A series of small rockfalls occurred above the village of Brienz/Brinzauls in eastern Switzerland between July 9 and 12. This ...

The Birch glacier was below the 3,342-metre (10,965-foot) high Kleines Nesthorn peak. In the fortnight before the glacier's collapse, a series of falls from the mountain dumped three million cubic ...

Switzerland, which has the most glaciers of any country in Europe, saw 4% of its total glacier volume disappear in 2023, the second-biggest decline in a single year after a 6% drop in 2022.

The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, the Swiss Insurance Association said ...