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The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...
The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has buried most of a Swiss Alps village ... that has accelerated the retreat of glaciers in Switzerland. The landlocked Alpine country has the most ...
Take a virtual escape to the heart of Switzerland in this 4K travel video from Brienz to Interlaken. Discover the untouched beauty of the Swiss Alps with spectacular views of snow-covered summits ...
A village in the Swiss Alps has been buried beneath ice, rock and mud after a massive piece of a nearby glacier collapsed. On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located ...
Dramatic before-and-after images show the sheer scale of devastation in the picturesque Alpine village of Blatten in the Swiss Alps ... valley in southern Switzerland were hit hard by the initial ...
The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...
GENEVA —A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon ... were destroyed in the village nestled in the Loetschental valley in southern Switzerland. Swiss President Karin ...