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

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

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

A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury ...

Villagers in Blatten, Switzerland, were evacuated earlier this month after authorities warned a nearby glacier was on the ...

A glacier collapse in the Swiss Alps caused a massive ice and rock slide near Blatten, which had been evacuated due to ...

A massive glacier in the Swiss Alps disintegrated, triggering a rockslide that decimated parts of Blatten village in southern ...

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

Authorities are investigating the circumstances of the deaths of five skiers and examining avalanche activity in the region.

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...