There are strong theories on the causes, and to what degree it is linked to climate change — but these are yet to be ...

Permafrost is often called the glue that holds the mountains together. When it thaws, the mountains crumble, and they start ...

Residents struggled to absorb the scale of devastation caused by a huge chunk of glacier that buried most of their ...

The collapse of the glacier in the Swiss Alps was an expected disaster. When the first signs of instability started to appear ...

The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley.

A 64-year-old man is missing after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside. The ...

And this is what actually happened," Matthias Huss, the director of Glacier Monitoring Switzerland (GLAMOS), told AFP. "The glacier accelerated strongly in response to this additional loading ...

In Blatten, Switzerland, following a glacier avalanche, the situation is becoming increasingly challenging. Water obstructed ...

A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock that buried most of a mountain ...

The collapse of a massive glacier in southern Switzerland has triggered the risk of flooding from an ice jam, which blocked ...

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

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