In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

Check dams set up on the water from the Lonza river flows over the mud and stone, after the formation of a lake by the last houses of the village of Blatten, Switzerland, Saturday, May 31, 2025.

An aerial view shows the destruction of Blatten, Switzerland, Thursday, May 29, 2025, one day after a massive debris avalanche, triggered by the collapse of the Birch Glacier, swept down to the ...

The state of Switzerland's glaciers came into stark and dramatic view of the international community last month when a mudslide from an Alpine mountain submerged the southwestern village of Blatten.

A massive glacier collapse in Switzerland destroyed the village of Blatten on Wednesday, just days after being evacuated over fears of imminent collapse. Some 90 per cent of the Alpine village ...

GENEVA, Switzerland — A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris, and the level of a newly created lake that ...

One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers. Holes are emerging inside — a bit like Swiss cheese — seemingly caused by ...

GENEVA, Switzerland — A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris, and the level of a newly created lake that ...

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 ...