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

KANDERSTEG, Switzerland (Reuters) -In the Swiss Alpine resort of Kandersteg, officials have been closely monitoring a ...

The landslide threat in the evacuated Swiss village of Brienz has worsened considerably following rainfall at the beginning of May and over the Whitsun weekend. Phase red is in force, meaning evacuees ...

Swiss village engulfed by landslide, 1 person missing. Story by Kieran Burke (with Reuters, AP), Deutsche Welle • 17m. G eologists had predicted that a rockslide near Blatten — home to nearly ...

The village of Blatten, in a valley below the Bietschhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps, was destroyed Wednesday by a landslide after part of the huge Birch Glacier collapsed.

A 64-year-old man is missing after the majority of a Swiss village was swallowed by a 'gigantic landslide' following a Glacier collapse, authorities have said.

Searchers find human remains in destroyed Alpine village, likely a missing shepherd. #SwissLandslide #AlpineCollapse ...

The Swiss canton of Valais to form committee to coordinate CHF 57.4 million donations for village destroyed by a landslide.

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 Swiss mountainside the day before.

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 raised ...

The Swiss village of Blatten, which was decimated by a landslide, is to be rebuilt in three to five years, the municipal authorities have pledged. Th Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT ...

The Graubünden village of Brienz in eastern Switzerland was closed again on Monday due to the risk of landslides. Rock masses on the mountain above ...