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

In the Swiss Alpine resort of Kandersteg, officials have been closely monitoring a deteriorating mountain peak that towers above its picturesque homes and hotels, after a glacier collapse and massive ...

A new study published in Earth’s Future by researchers from Uppsala University with Belgian, French, and German universities have shown that climate ...

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.

Mud and rocks slide down a mountain after a glacier partially collapsed covering most of the village of Blatten, Switzerland, May 28, 2025, in this screen grab taken from a handout video ...

An aerial view shows the destruction of Blatten, Switzerland, Thursday, May 29, 2025, one day after a massive debris avalanche, triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier, swept down to the ...

The tiny village of Blatten, Switzerland, has been almost entirely destroyed by a massive landslide. “What I can tell you at the moment is that about 90 perfect of the village is covered or ...

A massive landslide destroyed 90% of Blatten, Switzerland, a town nestled in a valley below a steep mountainside. "We've lost our village," Blatten Mayor Matthias Bellwald said in the wake of the ...

Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland's vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes.

GENEVA, Switzerland — 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 ...

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 ...