In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

The director of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) has warned of increasing climate-related risks in ...

The Swiss canton of Valais to form committee to coordinate CHF 57.4 million donations for village destroyed by a landslide.

A series of small rockfalls occurred above the village of Brienz/Brinzauls in eastern Switzerland between July 9 and 12. This ...

A new study published in Earth’s Future by researchers from Uppsala University with Belgian, French, and German universities have shown that climate ...

A global team from the Build The Earth project used Minecraft to build a precise, one-to-one replica of Independence Hall, ...

A 20-year old man is currently facing trial for attempted murder for stabbing two social workers in the youth centre where he ...

Police are calling for witnesses after a home-jacking in Moudon in Canton Vaud. The perpetrator knocked on a woman’s door around 9am on Monday this week, posing as a caregiver. After the woman let him ...

A hike along Switzerland’s Aletsch offers escape from the summer heat — but comes with a poignant sense of time running out ...

Dozens of people were being evacuated by helicopter in Austria on Tuesday after a mudslide covered homes and mountain huts in the Gschnitztal valley in Tyrol in the southwest of the Alpine country.

Natural disasters in the first half of 2025 were the costliest on record for the U.S. The insurance broker Aon expects more events in the second half.

Valais authorities have ordered the closure of Switzerland's highest campsite in Arolla due to the risks of mudslides.