Tag: Alpine

The village of Blatten, Switzerland, in the Bietschhorn mountain of the Swiss Alps, was destroyed by a landslide after part of the Birch Glacier collapsed on Wednesday.

Glacier Collapse Buries 90% of Alpine Town in Seconds

A Swiss village has all but been wiped off the map after a glacier collapsed, burying Blatten in…

Rock slide hits Swiss Alpine village that authorities had ordered evacuated

Rock slide hits Swiss Alpine village that authorities…

GENEVA — A huge mass of rock and ice in the Swiss Alps sent plumes of dust skyward on Wednesday near…

Swiss evacuate livestock by hoof and helicopter amid landslide risk over Alpine village

Swiss evacuate livestock by hoof and helicopter amid…

GENEVA — Not quite a flying cow, but almost: Swiss authorities added livestock to the list of…