Local authorities are urging residents in nearby villages to prepare for possible evacuation in case of emergency.

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

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

There are also concerns the debris from the glacier could cause the River Lonza flood other villages.A man remains missing on ...

The huge amount of debris nearly covered the village of Blattern and makes the surrounding peaks look smaller, while a gaping ...

After a massive glacier collapse in the canton of Valais at the end of May 2025, the Swiss government published a list of ...

A massive glacier in southern Switzerland collapsed on Wednesday, with the debris burying a village and blocking a river, ...

Swiss authorities were on Thursday monitoring for possible flood risk in a southern valley, following a massive glacier collapse that created a huge pile of debris after destroying a small village.

On Wednesday, the Birch glacier in Switzerland’s southern Valais ... “There is a serious risk of an ice jam that could flood the valley below,” Antoine Jacquod, a military security official ...

A massive landslide hit a village in the southern Switzerland. The incident occurred after the Birch glacier collapsed. A man is missing after the disaster. The landslide largely destroyed Blatten ...

A glacier collapse in southern Switzerland led to devastation in the village of Blatten, where debris blocked a river, ...