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A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.

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

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Those most vulnerable to these climate disasters live in the poor and fragile nations that ring the Himalayas.

Days after a gigantic avalanche of ice, mud and debris buried much of the village of Blatten in canton Valais, the danger is ...

Swiss Solidarity’s provisional donation amount for the landslide area was around CHF4.3 million ($5.2 million).

A deluge of millions of cubic meters of ice, mud and rock crashed down a mountain on Wednesday, engulfing the village of Blatten. The few houses that remained intact were later flooded ...

Although the village had been evacuated in time and no major injuries were reported, one man aged 64 is missing.

A massive collapse of the Birch glacier on May 28, 2025, buried most of the Alpine village of Blatten under ice and debris, ...