Days after a gigantic avalanche of ice, mud and debris buried much of the village of Blatten in canton Valais, the danger is ...

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

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

Switzerland's president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...

The remote Alpine village of Blatten was flattened after an avalanche of rock, mud and ice was sent crashing down into the ...

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

The partial collapse of a glacier has destroyed 90% of the village of Blatten, in the Swiss Alps, according to officials. A deluge of mud, rock and ice hit the village on Wednesday.

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 ...

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

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed this week is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in ...

The shocking event in Valais on Wednesday, May 28, caused the village of Blatten to be subjected to an immense amount of ...