One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers.

In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

One expert notes that glacier shrinkage has wide effects on agriculture, fisheries, drinking water levels and cross-boundary ...

The glaciers of Switzerland, which has the most of any country in continental Europe, are fading because of global warming.

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, ...

BLATTEN, Switzerland — Last week, Birch Glacier above the Swiss village of Blatten broke off, causing a landslide that destroyed the village. A video from Reuters showed the massive amounts of ...

Days before most of the glacier collapsed, authorities had ordered the evacuation of about 300 people, as well as livestock, from Blatten. Switzerland's president said on Friday that the ...

The residents of two hamlets in Blatten, Switzerland, were able to visit their homes following a landslide that devasted the village.

Swiss parliamentarians also want more resources to combat natural hazards. Switzerland spends CHF2-3 billion a year on disaster risk reduction at home and CHF250 million abroad.

BLATTEN, Switzerland — Jan Beutel was half-watching a live stream of Kleines Nesthorn, a mountain peak in the Swiss Alps, when he realized its cacophony of creaks and rumbles was getting louder.

The Swiss government is proposing to give 5 million francs ($6 million) to the Alpine village of Blatten that was destroyed by a wave of rock and ice last week.

Swiss authorities have cleared a village in the country’s east over a potential rockslide, three weeks after a mudslide submerged a vacated village in the southwest.