Swiss Alps Glacier Collapse Buries Village | JQJO

A massive landslide, triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier in the Swiss Alps, destroyed the village of Blatten on May 29, 2025. Hundreds were evacuated beforehand, but a 64-year-old man remains missing. The disaster, attributed to a combination of glacier instability, warm temperatures, and melting permafrost, resulted in homes being buried under ice, rock, and mud. Glaciologists warn of more such events due to accelerating climate change and rising temperatures, impacting glaciers worldwide and threatening water supplies.