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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 ...
The residents of two hamlets in Blatten, Switzerland, were able to visit their homes following a landslide that devasted the ...
According to the head of the Valais Natural Hazards Office, the cone of debris from the landslide in Blatten is over 100 ...
The search for a 64-year-old man was suspended on Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a ...
The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
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 ...
At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...
A 64-year-old man is missing after the majority of a Swiss village was swallowed by a 'gigantic landslide' following a ...
"Every community in Switzerland that's affected by a hazard has a hazard map. They're federally mandated for the areas where ...
The images of Blatten’s destruction dredged up further concerns over the accelerating climate crisis. According to New Scientist, glaciers in the Swiss Alps lost 10 percent of their volume from global ...