The Guardian • 2025-06-01

‘This is ground zero for Blatten’: the tiny Swiss village engulfed by a mountain

‘The memories preserved in countless books, photo albums, documentation – everything is gone,’ says village’s mayor

The Washington Post • 2025-05-29

Glacier collapses, burying nearly all of Swiss Alpine village

“We have lost our village,” the mayor of Blatten said after the glacier’s explosive collapse covered it in ice, rock and mud. One person is missing.

CBS • 2025-05-29

Partial glacier collapse causes landslide that buries 90% of Swiss village

A 64-year-old man remained missing Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the day before.

Los Angeles Times • 2025-05-28

Alpine village is largely destroyed after Swiss glacier collapse causes 'major catastrophe'

Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley, with homes and buildings partially submerged under a mass of brownish sludge.