The residents of two hamlets in Blatten, Switzerland, were able to visit their homes following a landslide that devasted the ...

The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...

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According to the head of the Valais Natural Hazards Office, the cone of debris from the landslide in Blatten is over 100 ...

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The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been appointed one of three technical implementing ...

A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.

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The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...

In all scenarios, glaciers lose mass rapidly over decades and then continue to melt at a slower pace for centuries — even ...

Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep worked with the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, the Swiss Agency for ...

Last 28 May, a massive landslide of more than ten million cubic metres of rock and ice severely affected Blatten, in Lötstchental (Switzerland), due to the ... and caused the formation of a lake with ...