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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

The mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lotschental valley, partially submerged homes and other buildings under a mass of ...

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

Just a few weeks after the picturesque village of Blatten, Switzerland, was evacuated over fears of an impending rockslide, a ...

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

Swiss authorities remained on high alert Friday after a massive glacier collapse buried large parts of the alpine village of ...

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