Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move ...

GENEVA (AP) — A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside on Wednesday, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of an Alpine village ...

The Swiss alpine village of Kandersteg is closely monitoring the surrounding mountains for signs of a rockslide after a neighboring village was buried in rock and debris in May. CNN’s Allison ...

Swiss federal president Karin Keller-Sutter observes from a helicopter the damage caused by the catastrophic landslide destroying the village of Blatten, Switzerland, Friday, May 30, 2025.

The Swiss government is proposing to give 5 million francs ($6 million) to the Alpine village of Blatten that was destroyed by a wave of rock and ice last week.

ZURICH (Reuters) -Search parties combing the Swiss Alpine village that was buried last month after the collapse of a glacier have found human remains, police said. Police did not confirm if the ...

GENEVA, Switzerland — A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing through the debris, and the level of a newly created lake that ...

Euro 2025 host Switzerland loses to Norway in stadium close to Alpine rockslide village Updated Jun. 3, 2025 5:04 p.m. ET Associated Press ...