Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...

A massive collapse of the Birch glacier on May 28, 2025, buried most of the Alpine village of Blatten under ice and debris, ...

Days after a gigantic avalanche of ice, mud and debris buried much of the village of Blatten in canton Valais, the danger is ...

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

A lake of water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland this week has sparked fears of flooding in the Alpine valley, even as some ...

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

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

From prayers and panic to preparedness and poise: disaster risk reduction drills in Chibuwe village give young and old a clear sense of what to do -- well before the waters rise.

There was a time when oil and gas companies happily linked themselves to the idea of planet-wide environmental changes. "Each ...

Swiss Solidarity’s provisional donation amount for the landslide area was around CHF4.3 million ($5.2 million).

At least 150 people killed and many more missing after torrential rains cause flooding in Mokwa city in Niger State.