As glaciers melt and retreat, lakes can form at their base and sometimes burst with devastating impact. In Alaska, such floods have hit Juneau after meltwater from a retreating glacier lifts and ...

Massive glacier collapse in Blatten, Switzerland, causes debris blockage and raises serious flood risks in the Lonza valley.

The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide ...

A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...

A devastating landslide, triggered by the Birch Glacier collapse, buried Blatten, Switzerland, prompting evacuations but ...

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

What Causes Glaciers to Collapse like the Event That Buried a Swiss Village?

Switzerland’s president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...

Aerial footage showed flooded homes and debris scattered around a Swiss village after a huge mass of rock and ice from a ...

The partial collapse of a glacier has destroyed 90% of the village of Blatten, in the Swiss Alps, according to officials. A deluge of mud, rock and ice hit the village on Wednesday.

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

A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock ...