A year after the town of Blatten was destroyed, Switzerland faces difficult decisions over the risks and costs of living in the mountains. It is springtime in the Lötschental Valley, and yellow ...

Part of the Swiss alpine glacier Trift in the country’s south collapsed Sunday, but caused no damage or casualties and residents evacuated from the area can return home, police in Valais canton said.

Glacier collapse destroyed Swiss village a year ago Reconstruction of Blatten underway, full return expected by 2030 Warming climate raises risks for Alpine rebuilding Nearby glaciers are now closely ...

On 14 May 2025, a large rockfall from Kleines Nesthorn, near the 3934m summit of the Bietschhorn in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland, fell onto the Birch Glacier. It triggered a flow of debris into ...

Glacier-related risks are becoming a global concern, according to Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Speaking at the Glacier Preservation Conference in ...

An artificial lake has formed near the village of Blatten, destroyed in the glacier collapse – Copyright AFP Ludovic MARIN Swiss authorities said Friday that they ...

Switzerland has lost roughly a quarter of its glacier volume over about a decade, and annual losses are approaching historic highs. Scientists tracking Alpine ice say melt speed keeps increasing, even ...

A drone view shows the village of Wiler nearly a year after a massive rock and ice slide destroyed much of the village of Blatten A drone view shows the village of Wiler, overlooking the landslide ...