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.

A tragic event occurred in the Swiss Alps. A rock-ice avalanche destroyed the village of Blatten, which had been evacuated earlier due to danger. One person is missing. "It's a complete disaster," assessed Franz Ruppen from the cantonal authorities.

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.

At least two people have died after a "severe" avalanche on the Eiger mountain in the Swiss Alps on Saturday, local police say. The avalanche took place shortly after midday, and swept away seven people who were in the area on a ski tour, prompting the police to launch a large-scale rescue operation.

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed this week is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world

A glacier collapse in the Swiss Alps caused a massive ice and rock slide near Blatten, which had been evacuated due to rockslide risks. Although the debris poured through the valley, no human casualties have been reported.