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and rock –– materials strong enough to carve out its massive glacial valley. However, what makes this fading glacier even ...
Dozens of Juneau residents in the glacial outburst flood zone filed into the Mendenhall Valley library on Saturday afternoon to learn how to prepare for flooding expected later this summer.
Inside the Swiss valley partially swallowed by a glacier Rosie Birchard in Wiler, Switzerland 06/03/2025 The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier wiped the village of Blatten off the map.
A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the valley below, glaciologists and geoscientists told AFP on Friday.
Flood risk threatens Swiss valley after village destroyed by glacier Landslides Fri 30 May A satellite image shows the deluge of millions of cubic metres of ice, mud and rock on the village of ...
Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further evacuations.
Swiss glacier collapse renews focus on risks of climate change as glaciers retreat around the world Scientists say greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal have already ...
The search for a 64-year-old man was suspended on Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the day before.
At least one person is missing after Blatten village in southern Switzerland was buried beneath tonnes of debris from the Birch Glacier.
Everything we know about the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland - The village was thankfully evacuated a few days earlier, but one person remains missing.
News ‘Major catastrophe’: Alpine village largely destroyed after a Swiss glacier collapses Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental ...
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.