The landslide that occurred in Blatten in the canton of Valais at the end of May 2025 and the one in the village of Brienz in ...

In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

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Swiss authorities have cleared a village in the country’s east over a potential rockslide, three weeks after a mudslide submerged a vacated village in the southwest.

Blatten is located in the Loetschental valley in the canton of Valais. "We've lost our village," Blatten Mayor Matthias Bellwald said at a news conference, per Reuters.

Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock after what scientists suspect is a dramatic display of the impact of climate change on mountain communities.

A new 3D simulation tool accurately predicts alpine landslides and avalanches, marking a breakthrough in mountain hazard ...

For days, the inhabitants of Blatten, a village in the Swiss Alps, had been warned by geologists that an unstable glacier high above their homes could collapse. On Wednesday afternoon, days after ...

The Alpine village of Blatten was buried after the Birch glacier collapsed on Wednesday, May 28. By. Becca Longmire. Becca Longmire. Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Scientists are being cautious about attributing the vanishing of Blatten to the climate crisis. Caution, however, is not denial, although too many people in this country think they are synonyms.

A large avalanche with a mixture of ice, rock, snow and water reach the valley floor is pictured in Wiler after the Birch glacier collapsing above Blatten, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 28, 2025.