The danger of flooding remains high around the village of Blatten, which saw 90% of the town destroyed on Wednesday when the Birch glacier partially collapsed

At around 3:30 pm local time, a huge collapse occurred on the Birch Glacier, emergency services in the Wallis region said.

At around 3:30 pm local time, a huge collapse occurred on the Birch Glacier, emergency services in the Wallis region said.

Plusieurs jours auparavant, de nombreux éboulements de roche s’étaient produits dans la zone montagneuse surplombant le village. Un habitant de la région, âgé de 64 ans, qui,…

Video shows a huge cloud of ice and scree spewing over the Swiss village of Blatten on Wednesday, dwarfing tiny Alpine lodges as a chunk of the Birch glacier broke off

Il collasso del ghiacciaio ha formato una sbarramento e interrotto il deflusso di un torrente. Una dinamica simile a quella del disastro della Valtellina del 1987

The Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Valais region collapsed yesterday, sending millions of tons of rock, ice and scree hurtling down the mountain slope and into the valley…

The danger of flooding remains high around the village of Blatten, which saw 90% of the town destroyed on Wednesday when the Birch glacier partially collapsed

Le autorità svizzere stanno monitorando la zona dove ieri si è abbattuta una massiccia frana dal ghiacciaio Birch che ha creato un'enorme pila di detriti che ha quasi sommerso un…

Si monitora la zona. Si teme che il lago formato possa tracimare (ANSA)