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Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.
The fact that only one person is missing after the huge glacier collapse that engulfed the Swiss mountain village of Blatten ...
The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An ...
A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury ...
Everything we know about the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland - The village was thankfully evacuated a few days ...
On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...
At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents ...
After the rockslide in Blatten VS, Kandersteg BE is looking at the unstable Spitze Stein with concern. Debris flows are ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.