A massive landslide has destroyed the Alpine village of Blatten in southern Switzerland, leaving a man missing and raising concerns about potential flooding due to glacier debris blocking the Lonza ...

Switzerland is a success story in predicting landslides — but more must be done to help the rest of the world prepare for ...

The Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Wallis region crumpled on Wednesday, with the resulting landslide of rock and ... "There is a serious risk of an ice jam that could flood the valley ...

The Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Wallis region crumpled on Wednesday, with the resulting landslide of rock and ice sending plumes of dust skyward ... stretching 2 kilometers (1.25 miles), ...

Swissinfo has published a very nice article highlighting the growing landslide risk in Switzerland. For example, in the canton of Graubünden (which is the focus of the article) alone, 17,000 ...

Steep slopes, unstable terrain and exposure to high rainfall or permafrost melt put mountain regions more at risk of landslides and avalanches. For valley communities in Switzerland, the potential ...

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...

"The sheer size, the amount of material that has been moved there, that's not something you see every day, not every year, not every decade in Switzerland," said Farinotti. "It's kind of a historic ...

A cow is flown by helicopter from the landslide area near the Bietschhorn in the Loetschental, to a farm in Ferden, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 20 2025. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP, file) An injured ...