A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...

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 ...

These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable ...

A SWISS town has been buried by an avalanche sparked by a falling glacier which left homes submerged and forced residents to ...

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

A 64-year-old man remains missing after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the day ...

The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...

A glacier collapse in Switzerland unleashed a torrent of ice, rock, and mud that buried the Alpine village of Blatten.

On the afternoon of 28 May, a massive glacier avalanche destroyed the idyllic village of Blatten in the Valais region of Switzerland. Footage of the disaster rapidly circulated around the world, ...

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