Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A drone view shows the village of Wiler, overlooking the landslide area nearly a year after a massive rock and ice slide triggered ...

Millions across the world witnessed the horrifying footage, shared by @VanDamCNN on X, as a huge cloud engulfed the southwestern town of Blatten quietly. It started with a giant, icy fragment. The ...

In May, a landslide above Blatten in the canton of Valais buried most of the village under a mass of ice, mud and rock, an event that has prompted in-depth research. At a recent conference in ...

Glacier-related risks are becoming a global concern, according to Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Speaking at the Glacier Preservation Conference in ...

A new 3D simulation tool developed by ETH and SLF researchers now allows for significantly more accurate predictions of complex alpine mass movements, supporting alpine risk management. Recent major ...

LÖTSCHENTAL VALLEY, Switzerland – Rebuilding was never in question. It is a high-altitude example of the financial and emotional damage that Europe is suffering as the climate changes. What local ...

In May, the village of Blatten in the Swiss Alps was destroyed when a huge chunk of a glacier collapsed, but thanks to careful monitoring, almost all of its residents were saved. The first sign of an ...

Almost a year after the Kleiner Nesthorn glacier collapsed, Blatten in the Valais Lötschental valley is once again on alert. This time, the Oigschtchummun glacier is threatening to partially break off ...

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WILER, Switzerland, May 26 (Reuters) - Hotel Momentum stands above Switzerland's Loetschen Valley as a symbol of recovery, a year after a collapsing glacier destroyed the village of Blatten. Built in ...