A lake of water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland ...

There are also concerns the debris from the glacier could cause the River Lonza flood other villages.A man remains missing on ...

Days after a gigantic avalanche of ice, mud and debris buried much of the village of Blatten in canton Valais, the danger is ...

An artificial lake building up behind the rubble left by a glacier that dramatically plunged down a Swiss mountainside, ...

The huge amount of debris nearly covered the village of Blattern and makes the surrounding peaks look smaller, while a gaping ...

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been appointed one of three technical implementing ...

Switzerland glacier collapse has left a quiet Alpine valley reeling, after a massive chunk of the Birch Glacier broke off and ...

A massive glacier in southern Switzerland collapsed on Wednesday, with the debris burying a village and blocking a river, ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - A lake of water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland this week has sparked fears of flooding in the Alpine ...

Swiss authorities were on Thursday monitoring for possible flood risk in a southern valley, following a massive glacier collapse that created a huge pile of debris after destroying a small village.

A massive landslide hit a village in the southern Switzerland. The incident occurred after the Birch glacier collapsed. A man is missing after the disaster. The landslide largely destroyed Blatten ...