These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable ...

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...

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

The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...

GENEVA (AP) — A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried ... thundered into the Lötschental valley in southern Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying much of the village.

The fact that only one person is missing after the huge glacier collapse that engulfed the Swiss mountain village of Blatten ...

Flooding fears eased at picturesque Swiss Alpine village buried by landslide - A huge mass of rock, ice and mud from the Birch glacier thundered into the Lötschental valley ...

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been appointed one of three technical implementing ...

Those most vulnerable to these climate disasters live in the poor and fragile nations that ring the Himalayas.

A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.

The small Swiss Alps village of Blatten was largely destroyed when the Birch glacier collapsed and sent a mass of rock, ice ...