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

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Switzerland’s glacier collapse is a chilling sign of Europe’s warming crisis – and a warning for alpine communities.

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 ...

The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...

Canton Valais is releasing CHF10 million ($12.1 million) in emergency funds for the Swiss mountain village of Blatten, which ...

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

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

On May 28 a huge chunk of a glacier in the southern Swiss Alps collapsed, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury most ...

A rescue mission resumed on Monday (June 2) to find a missing 64-year-old man in Blatten after a mass of glacial debris ...

Swiss authorities remained on high alert Friday after a massive glacier collapse buried large parts of the alpine village of ...