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

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This was also the case last summer, when Fonds Suisse allocated funds following the storms in Valais, Mesox, and the Maggia Valley. In the Lötschental valley, in which Blatten and Ried are situated, ...

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 collapse of a Swiss glacier last week destroyed most of Blatten, a tiny village in Switzerland's southern Valais region ...

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

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

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