A devastating glacier collapse in southern Switzerland has wiped out the village of Blatten — and now, two more villages face the threat of catastrophic flooding. On May 29th, millions of tonnes of ...

A small village in the Swiss Alps has been engulfed by ice, mud, and rock in a rare natural disaster that points to an uncertain future as unstable mountainous glaciers can break apart in destructive ...

The small Swiss Alps village of Blatten was largely destroyed when the Birch glacier collapsed and sent a mass of rock, ice and scree hurtling down into the valley it was located. Although one person ...

BLATTEN, Switzerland — Last week, Birch Glacier above the Swiss village of Blatten broke off, causing a landslide that destroyed the village. A video from Reuters showed the massive amounts of rock, ...

GENEVA — Switzerland's president on Friday said evacuees from an Alpine village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a landslide caused by a glacier collapse were “not alone," and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Why glaciologists believe the Birch Glacier collapsed, burying a nearby Swiss town A village in the Swiss Alps has been buried ...

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world and the increasing dangers. How glaciers ...

An artificial lake has formed near the village of Blatten, destroyed in the glacier collapse - Copyright AFP Ludovic MARIN An artificial lake has formed near the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A small village in the Swiss Alps has been engulfed by ice, mud, and rock in a rare natural disaster that points to an uncertain ...