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The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
According to the head of the Valais Natural Hazards Office, the cone of debris from the landslide in Blatten is over 100 ...
Maja Riniker, president of the House of Representatives, called on Switzerland to show solidarity with those people who have ...
The remote Alpine village of Blatten was flattened after an avalanche of rock, mud and ice was sent crashing down into the ...
As the Swiss army closely monitored the situation, some experts warned of the risks of flooding as vast mounds of debris ...
Swiss authorities remained on high alert Friday after a massive glacier collapse buried large parts of the alpine village of ...
A massive glacier in southern Switzerland collapsed on Wednesday, with the debris burying a village and blocking a river, ...
Everything we know about the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland - The village was thankfully evacuated a few days ...
A large part of a glacier broke off in the Swiss Alps, causing a landslide of rocks, ice and mud that covered about 90% of ...
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 ...
Zurich trams are often involved in accidents; Geneva traffic is a 'nightmare,' residents say; and more Swiss news in our ...
"This region is used to risks that come simply from the fact that what surrounds those villages are really high mountains," ...