The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier wiped the village of Blatten off the map. DW spoke to locals and experts ...

A lake of water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland ...

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.

Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...

The search for a 64-year-old man was suspended on Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a ...

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...

A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury ...

A village in Switzerland was buried in a recent glacier collapse, according to Swiss officials. “Almost the entire Birch ...

A deluge of rock and ice careered down the Swiss Alps near a village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month ...

Water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that this week buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland has ...

The Swiss village of Blatten faces devastation ... Here, the usual Alpine soundtrack of birdsong and the river rushing down the valley is drowned out by helicopters taking off, transporting ...

The Swiss Insurance Association said the damage would likely amount to several hundred million Swiss francs, and that it was too early for a more precise estimate. How many houses were insured in ...