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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 destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
The Swiss government is proposing to give 5 million francs ($6 million) to the Alpine village of Blatten that was destroyed ...
Everything we know about the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland - The village was thankfully evacuated a few days ...
A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock ...
A large part of a glacier broke off in the Swiss Alps, causing a landslide of rocks, ice and mud that covered about 90% of ...
Strong show of solidarity with the people of Blatten and mounting pressure on Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis.
On May 28, a mass of rock, ice, mud and water crashed down on and buried the mountain village of Blatten in the Swiss canton ...
Swiss authorities remained on high alert Friday after a massive glacier collapse buried large parts of the alpine village of ...
A massive glacier in southern Switzerland collapsed on Wednesday, with the debris burying a village and blocking a river, ...