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In the Swiss Alpine resort of Kandersteg, officials have been closely monitoring a deteriorating mountain peak that towers ...
Dozens of people are being evacuated by helicopter in Austria after a mudslide covered homes and mountain huts in the ...
In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.
The glaciers of Switzerland, which has the most of any country in continental Europe, are fading because of global warming.
One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers.
Swiss authorities have cleared a village in the country’s east over a potential rockslide, three weeks after a mudslide submerged a vacated village in the southwest.
There has been a huge outpouring of solidarity in Switzerland for the people of Blatten. Yet debate around the cost of protecting mountain villages has also arisen – tactlessly fast.
Days before most of the glacier collapsed, authorities had ordered the evacuation of about 300 people, as well as livestock, from Blatten. Switzerland's president said on Friday that the ...
On the afternoon of 28 May, a massive glacier avalanche destroyed the idyllic village of Blatten in the Valais region of Switzerland. Footage of the disaster rapidly circulated around the world, ...
BLATTEN, Switzerland — Last week, Birch Glacier above the Swiss village of Blatten broke off, causing a landslide that destroyed the village. A video from Reuters showed the massive amounts of ...
In Switzerland, after a glacier collapsed onto Blatten, fear is gripping the mountains - Le Monde.fr
In Switzerland, after a glacier collapsed onto Blatten, fear is gripping the mountains The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming ...
Check dams are seen on the waters of the Lonza river after the formation of a lake following landslides in Blatten, Switzerland, Sunday, June 1, 2025.
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