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 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 ...

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 Swiss charity, which covers the uninsured damage of natural disasters, is supporting the landslide-devasted villages of ...

On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...

The images of Blatten’s destruction dredged up further concerns over the accelerating climate crisis. According to New Scientist, glaciers in the Swiss Alps lost 10 percent of their volume from global ...

A chunk of a large glacier broke off, triggering an enormous landslide that has destroyed the village of Blatten.

Canton Valais is releasing CHF10 million ($12.1 million) in emergency funds for the Swiss mountain village of Blatten, which ...

The Swiss government is proposing to give 5 million francs ($6 million) to the Alpine village of Blatten that was destroyed ...

"Every community in Switzerland that's affected by a hazard has a hazard map. They're federally mandated for the areas where ...