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

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"We have lost our village, but we have not lost our heart." Devastating scene unfolds as glacier collapse buries small Swiss ...

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 ...

Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...

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

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

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

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.

A picturesque Swiss town was buried after part of a glacier broke off and came sliding down a mountain in the Alps. Officials ...

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