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In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.
The body of a 64-year-old man, who has been missing since part of the Brich glacier collapsed on the Swiss village of Blatten ...
The Swiss canton of Valais to form committee to coordinate CHF 57.4 million donations for village destroyed by a landslide.
On 24 June 2025, human remains were recovered in Blatten, the Valais mountain village largely destroyed by a catastrophic landslide on 28 May 2025. The discovery was made during a targeted search oper ...
A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris, and the level of a newly created lake that raised ...
On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, a large portion of the Birch Glacier in Switzerland partially collapsed and released a chunk of ice that set off an enormous landslide, largely burying the village of ...
Permafrost is often called the glue that holds the mountains together. When it thaws, the mountains crumble, and they start ...
Swiss authorities have cleared a village in the country’s east over a potential rockslide, three weeks after a mudslide ...
A glacier collapse devastated the Swiss village of Blatten, destroying homes and leaving one person missing. Evacuated days earlier due to instability warnings, residents now face an uncertain future.
One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers.
A 64-year-old man is missing after the majority of a Swiss village was swallowed by a 'gigantic landslide' following a Glacier collapse, authorities have said.
Check dams set up on the water from the Lonza river flows over the mud and stone, after the formation of a lake by the last houses of the village of Blatten, Switzerland, Saturday, May 31, 2025.