In the Swiss valley of Lötschental, a dramatic landslide nearly destroyed the mountain village of Blatten entirely. A massive avalanche of ice and rocks swept away the buildings. As reported by the German newspaper "Bild,

Climbers alerted local authorities after finding abandoned skis near the summit of Rimpfischhorn on Saturday. A helicopter was sent to survey the area, which is near the Zermatt resort, The Guardian reported, and five bodies were quickly found on the Adler Glacier.

The bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier above the Swiss resort town of Zermatt, authorities said, and another person was killed following an avalanche in a village north of there.

A massive glacier in the Swiss Alps disintegrated, triggering a rockslide that decimated parts of Blatten village in southern Switzerland. One individual is missing as authorities monitor the situation closely.

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world and the increasing dangers.

Switzerland glacier collapse has left a quiet Alpine valley reeling, after a massive chunk of the Birch Glacier broke off and triggered a landslide that buried almost all of the small mountain village of Blatten.

A massive glacier collapse in the Swiss Alps has devastated the village of Blatten, with millions of cubic meters of ice and debris causing severe flooding and destruction. This disaster, which scientists attribute to climate change's effects on alpine permafrost,

A SWISS town has been buried after a devastating landslide sent a massive avalanche crashing down the mountain, submerging homes and forcing residents to evacuate. A massive cloud of ice and