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Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...
Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.
The Swiss government is proposing to give 5 million francs ($6 million) to the Alpine village of Blatten that was destroyed ...
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
Everything we know about the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland - The village was thankfully evacuated a few days ...
A glacier collapse in Switzerland unleashed a torrent of ice, rock, and mud that buried the Alpine village of Blatten.
The fact that only one person is missing after the huge glacier collapse that engulfed the Swiss mountain village of Blatten ...
Villagers lost their entire livelihood within minutes. One former resident lost their wooden family house built in 1654.
On May 28, a mass of rock, ice, mud and water crashed down on and buried the mountain village of Blatten in the Swiss canton ...