A lake of water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland ...

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

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.

The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...

The search for a 64-year-old man was suspended on Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a ...

A village in Switzerland was buried in a recent glacier collapse, according to Swiss officials. “Almost the entire Birch ...

Rescuers in the Swiss Alps were searching for at least one person missing after 1.5 million cubic meters of ice, rock and mud ...

The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.

Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley, with homes and ...

A village in the Swiss Alps has been buried beneath ice, rock and mud after a massive piece of a nearby glacier collapsed. On ...