Like the people of the Swiss Alps, the Langtangpa have been living with avalanches for centuries, and they have used both ...

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

The collapse of a melting glacier in the Swiss Alps has buried and partially destroyed a centuries-old village, the BBC ...

Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...

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

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Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...

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 ...

Swiss authorities said Thursday that rock and ice piles from a collapsed glacier that destroyed a village were preventing ...

A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...

The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human development.