These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable ...

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

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

GENEVA (AP) — A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried ... thundered into the Lötschental valley in southern Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying much of the village.

According to the head of the Valais Natural Hazards Office, the cone of debris from the landslide in Blatten is over 100 ...

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been appointed one of three technical implementing ...

A river in the Swiss Alps, which was dammed by a landslide that buried much of the village of Blatten, is now flowing through the debris, authorities have said.A huge mass of rock, ice and mud from ...

Those most vulnerable to these climate disasters live in the poor and fragile nations that ring the Himalayas.

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

The latest Most Neglected Crises report on world’s most invisible humanitarian emergencies lists African nations first.

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

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