The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world.

A picturesque Swiss town was buried after part of a glacier broke off and came sliding down a mountain in the Alps. Officials say the village of Blatten, population 300, had been evacuated earlier in May because of concerns of a catastrophic incident.

The collapse of a glacier in the Swiss Alps this week has underscored the impacts of a warming world on the ice-packed parts of planet Earth. When the melting Birch Glacier on crumbled on Wednesday, it engulfed the picturesque village of Blatten in the country's

Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter reaffirmed on Friday the full support of the federal government for the residents of th

In Blatten, Switzerland, after a glacier avalanche, the situation is becoming increasingly difficult. Water blocked by the landslide threatens to flood additional towns. Key information The glacier avalanche destroyed part of the village of Blatten in Switzerland.

Switzerland is a success story in predicting landslides— but more must be done to help the rest of the world prepare for these deadly, unpredictable disasters.The destructive landslide in the Swiss village of Blatten is the latest natural disaster to hit valley communities in the Alpine nation.

A massive glacier collapse overwhelmed the Swiss village of Blatten, destroying most structures and leaving a 64-year-old man missing.