There are also concerns the debris from the glacier could cause the River Lonza flood other villages.A man remains missing on ...

Days after a gigantic avalanche of ice, mud and debris buried much of the village of Blatten in canton Valais, the danger is ...

Local authorities are urging residents in nearby villages to prepare for possible evacuation in case of emergency.

The huge amount of debris nearly covered the village of Blattern and makes the surrounding peaks look smaller, while a gaping ...

A massive landslide hit a village in the southern Switzerland. The incident occurred ... is likely the cause of the glacier collapse. Concerns are rising about the blocked Lonza River.

On Wednesday the Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Valais ... "There is a serious risk of an ice jam that could flood the valley below," Antoine Jacquod, a military security official ...

Swiss authorities were on Thursday monitoring for possible flood risk in a southern valley, following a massive glacier collapse that created a huge pile of debris after destroying a small village.

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