A tragic event occurred in the Swiss Alps. A rock-ice avalanche destroyed the village of Blatten, which had been evacuated ...

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...

A SWISS town has been buried by an avalanche sparked by a falling glacier which left homes submerged and forced residents to ...

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...

In Blatten, Switzerland, the aftermath of a glacier avalanche is creating increasingly difficult conditions. Water, blocked ...

A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.

The bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier above the Swiss resort town of Zermatt, authorities said, and another ...

The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.

On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...

Climbers alerted local authorities after finding abandoned skis near the summit of Rimpfischhorn on Saturday. A helicopter ...

FIVE dead skiers have been found by rescuers near a luxury holiday resort in Switzerland. Their bodies were located one day ...

The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...