The residents of two hamlets in Blatten, Switzerland, were able to visit their homes following a landslide that devasted the ...

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Switzerland’s glacier collapse is a chilling sign of Europe’s warming crisis – and a warning for alpine communities.

After a massive glacier collapse in the canton of Valais at the end of May 2025, the Swiss government published a list of ...

Zurich, Helvetia and others have so far responded to increasing severe weather risks with premium increases. But a pain ...

The Swiss Alps are rapidly becoming a symbol of climate catastrophe, as rising global temperatures turn once-stable glaciers ...

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

The collapse of a Swiss glacier last week destroyed most of Blatten, a tiny village in Switzerland's southern Valais region ...

Please stop sending clothes, but give us money. That’s the message from the authorities in the devasted village of Blatten.

Researchers at the federal polytechnic ETH Zurich, say climate change is almost certain to have played a part in the Blatten disaster.

The dramatic collapse of Switzerland's Birch glacier, which wiped out a village, is an unprecedented disaster likely to cost ...

The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...