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Like the people of the Swiss Alps, the Langtangpa have been living with avalanches for centuries, and they have used both ...
Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.
The residents of two hamlets in Blatten, Switzerland, were able to visit their homes following a landslide that devasted the ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
A river in the Swiss Alps, which was dammed by a landslide that buried much of the village of Blatten, is now flowing through the debris, authorities have said. A huge mass of rock, ice and mud ...
As climate change accelerates, the World Meteorological Organisation is calling for more investment in monitoring and ...
The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier wiped the village of Blatten off the map. DW spoke to locals and experts about what happened and what comes next ...
The Swiss village of Blatten faces devastation after a glacier collapse buried it under debris, displacing around 300 residents. While evacuated in time, villagers like Daniel Ritler lost homes ...
The collapse of the glacier in the Swiss Alps was an expected disaster. When the first signs of instability started to appear ...
The village of Blatten, in the Swiss Alps, destroyed by a landslide that occurred the previous day, May 29, 2025. ALEXANDRE AGRUSTI/AFP On the still-snowy peaks of the Swiss Alps, the first warm ...