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

Water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that this week buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river in southern Switzerland has sparked warnings that further evacuations may be needed.

Melting snow from California's Sierra Nevada is filling reservoirs. But dry conditions have shrunk the flow of the Colorado ...

A cemetery in Harrison has been dealing with flooding issues for years, making it difficult for families to properly visit ...

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

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

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.