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

The Swiss village of Blatten faces devastation after a glacier collapse buried it under debris, displacing around 300 ...

As climate change accelerates, the World Meteorological Organisation is calling for more investment in monitoring and ...

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

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

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

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

A deluge of millions of cubic meters of ice, mud and rock crashed down a mountain on Wednesday, engulfing the village of Blatten. The few houses that remained intact were later flooded ...

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

An artificial lake building up behind the rubble left by a glacier that dramatically plunged down a Swiss mountainside, ...

Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...