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

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

The residents of two hamlets in Blatten, Switzerland, were able to visit their homes following a landslide that devasted the ...

Zurich, Helvetia and others have so far responded to increasing severe weather risks with premium increases. But a pain ...

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

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

If the average temperature rises by 2°C, all the glaciers in Scandinavian countries—Norway, Sweden, and Denmark—will ...

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

A full rehearsal for their opening day game at the Women's European Championship saw host Switzerland beaten 1-0 by Norway in ...

The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier wiped the village of Blatten off the map. DW spoke to locals and experts ...

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

The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...