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Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...
The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...
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How Switzerland's Birch glacier collapsed
A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...
The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...
A lake of water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland ...
Switzerland’s president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...
Switzerland’s glacier collapse is a chilling sign of Europe’s warming crisis – and a warning for alpine communities.
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
An artificial lake building up behind the rubble left by a glacier that dramatically plunged down a Swiss mountainside, ...
The Swiss village of Blatten faces devastation after a glacier collapse buried it under debris, displacing around 300 ...
The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...