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Swiss debates on preserving Alpine life intensify amid climate threats. Discover the discussion shaping mountain village ...
Glaciologist Olivier Gagliardini says that while it is too early to know whether climate change was behind this avalanche, ...
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
Everything we know about the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland - The village was thankfully evacuated a few days ...
A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock ...
On May 28, a mass of rock, ice, mud and water crashed down on and buried the mountain village of Blatten in the Swiss canton ...
A massive glacier in southern Switzerland collapsed on Wednesday, with the debris burying a village and blocking a river, ...
Residents of Val de Bagne woke up on Monday to new debris flows after a major mudslide forced around 30 people to evacuate.
Swiss authorities remained on high alert Friday after a massive glacier collapse buried large parts of the alpine village of ...
Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.
Massive glacier collapse buries Swiss village; 90% of Blatten destroyed. Birch Glacier collapse triggered a massive landslide ...
The huge amount of debris nearly covered the village of Blattern and makes the surrounding peaks look smaller, while a gaping ...