A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...

New terrifying satellite images have revealed how a tiny Swiss village was completely wiped out by a massive glacier collapse ...

Permafrost is often called the glue that holds the mountains together. When it thaws, the mountains crumble, and they start ...

Switzerland is a success story in predicting landslides — but more must be done to help the rest of the world prepare for ...

Switzerland’s president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused by a falling glacier were “not alone” and the wealthy Alpine country was c ...

A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock ...

Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...

As a chunk of Switzerland's Birch Glacier breaks off, partially destroying villages, scientists have revealed the glaciers ...

Two days after a gigantic avalanche of ice, mud and debris buried a large part of the village of Blatten in canton Valais, the danger is not over.

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