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A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
Swiss authorities said Friday that they were no longer considering evacuating most residents in the vicinity of a collapsed ...
On May 28, a mass of rock, ice, mud and water crashed down on and buried the mountain village of Blatten in the Swiss canton ...
Switzerland's president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...
The remote Alpine village of Blatten was flattened after an avalanche of rock, mud and ice was sent crashing down into the ...
A village in Switzerland was buried in a recent glacier collapse, according to Swiss officials. “Almost the entire Birch ...
The tiny village of Blatten, Switzerland, has been almost entirely destroyed by a massive landslide. Ninety percent of the town is completely destroyed.
The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.
A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An ...
At the last count, one to three million cubic metres of rockfall material was expected, said Alban Brigger, engineer for natural hazards in Upper Valais ... in Swiss history The mayor of Blatten ...
This content was published on May 19, 2025 The situation in the mountain village of Blatten, canton Valais, remains serious due to the threat of a landslide, Swiss officials said on Sunday afternoon.