In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

Check dams set up on the water from the Lonza river flows over the mud and stone, after the formation of a lake by the last houses of the village of Blatten, Switzerland, Saturday, May 31, 2025.

A series of small rockfalls occurred above the village of Brienz/Brinzauls in eastern Switzerland between July 9 and 12. This ...

A new 3D simulation tool is enabling much more accurate avalanche forecasts. The model, which proved its worth during the ...

An aerial view shows the destruction of Blatten, Switzerland, Thursday, May 29, 2025, one day after a massive debris avalanche, triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier, swept down to the ...

While Switzerland has the capacity to monitor glacier hazards, many countries do not, including Indonesia, whose Carstensz ...

The state of Switzerland's glaciers came into stark and dramatic view of the international community last month when a mudslide from an Alpine mountain submerged the southwestern village of Blatten.

GENEVA, Switzerland — A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris, and the level of a newly created lake that ...

The state of Switzerland's glaciers came into stark and dramatic view of the international community last month when a mudslide from an Alpine mountain submerged the southwestern village of Blatten.

GENEVA, Switzerland — A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris, and the level of a newly created lake that ...