Around thirty residents were able to return to their homes following a landslide from the Birch glacier that destroyed nearby ...

Days after a gigantic avalanche of ice, mud and debris buried much of the village of Blatten in canton Valais, the danger is ...

Please stop sending clothes, but give us money. That’s the message from the authorities in the devasted village of Blatten.

A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris ...

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

A huge mass of rock, ice and mud from the Birch glacier thundered into the Lötschental valley in southern Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying much of the village. Buildings that weren't buried ...

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...

In all scenarios, glaciers lose mass rapidly over decades and then continue to melt at a slower pace for centuries — even ...

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

A huge mass of rock, ice and mud from the Birch glacier thundered into the Lötschental valley in southern Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying much of the village. Buildings that weren't buried ...

A team led by Professor Lothar Schulte studies the effects of climate change on landslides and floods in high mountains, with ...