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

There are also concerns the debris from the glacier could cause the River Lonza flood other villages.A man remains missing on ...

Flooding fears after glacier collapse buries picturesque Swiss village under mud and rock - A deluge of rock and ice careered ...

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside on Wednesday, sending plumes of dust skyward and submerging much of an Alpine village under a mass of brownish sludge.

Swiss authorities were on Thursday monitoring for possible flood risk in a southern valley, following a massive glacier ...