A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock that buried most of a mountain village that had been evacuated due to the risk of a rockslide, ...

GENEVA (AP) — A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside on Wednesday, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that ...

May 21 (UPI) --Cows stranded in a Swiss village under threat of rockslide were airlifted to safety via helicopter. The Alpine village of Blatten, in southern Switzerland's Loetschental valley, was ...

On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, a large portion of the Birch Glacier in Switzerland partially collapsed and released a chunk of ice that set off an enormous landslide, largely burying the village of ...

May 21 (UPI) --Cows stranded in a Swiss village under threat of rockslide were airlifted to safety via helicopter. The Alpine village of Blatten, in southern Switzerland's Loetschental valley, was ...

A chunk of the Birch glacier collapsed Wednesday, May 28, 2025, burying large portions of the small Swiss village, Blatten, under a mass of snow, ice, and debris, according to news reports. On May 19, ...

Kandersteg boosts preparedness as rockslide threats rise Several systems track climate impact on Alpine permafrost Blatten losses show need for effective disaster management KANDERSTEG, Switzerland, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, a large portion of the Birch Glacier in Switzerland partially collapsed and released a chunk of ice ...