A village in Switzerland was buried in a recent glacier collapse, according to Swiss officials. “Almost the entire Birch Glacier, located above Blatten, collapsed, causing a gigantic landslide ...

The small Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed by fragments of a collapsed glacier. Footage of the natural disaster shows the tiny mountain town, home to only 300 people, becoming ...

Swiss Alps village largely destroyed after massive glacier collapses: ‘It’s a major catastrophe’ By . Associated Press. Published May 29, 2025, 12:52 a.m. ET.

A massive glacier collapse in the Swiss Alps has turned the village of Blatten into a vast sea of mud and rock, leaving one person missing and homes destroyed in its wake. Drone footage shared by ...

A massive glacier collapsed down a Swiss mountainside on Wednesday, burying the Alpine village of Blatten, which officials had evacuated earlier this month as a safety measure.

The Swiss alpine village of Blatten was mostly destroyed when a glacier in the mountains above partially collapsed on Wednesday. Photo by Jean-Christophe Bott / AP. Article content.

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 part of a mountain village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk ...

The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley. Although the village had been evacuated some days ago because of fears the ...

Europe News: A catastrophic collapse of Birch Glacier in the Swiss Alps has buried the village of Blatten under ice and mud, leaving one resident missing. Despite earlier evacuation orders, a 64 ...

On May 28, the small Alpine village of Blatten, Switzerland, was almost entirely buried under a massive landslide, following the collapse of a nearby glacier.

The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley. Although the village had been evacuated some days ago because of fears the ...

A massive avalanche triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier buried much of the Swiss village of Blatten under ice, mud and rocks. The even was equivalent in force to a magnitude 3.1 ...