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After a massive glacier collapse in the canton of Valais at the end of May 2025, the Swiss government published a list of ...
Zurich, Helvetia and others have so far responded to increasing severe weather risks with premium increases. But a pain ...
Strong show of solidarity with the people of Blatten and mounting pressure on Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis.
The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
On May 28, a mass of rock, ice, mud and water crashed down on and buried the mountain village of Blatten in the Swiss canton ...
Switzerland’s president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...
The landslide sent plumes of dust skyward and coated with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month as a precaution. State Councilor Stéphane Ganzer told ...
Swiss authorities said Friday that they were no longer considering evacuating most residents in the vicinity of a collapsed ...
A deluge of rock and ice careered down the Swiss Alps near a village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month ...