Switzerland is a success story in predicting landslides — but more must be done to help the rest of the world prepare for ...

The Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Valais region collapsed yesterday, sending millions of tons of rock, ice and scree hurtling down the mountain slope and into the valley below ...

There is not much Dave Pilarowski enjoys more than history. Serving as a history teacher for close to three decades, ...

On Wednesday the Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Wallis region collapsed, sending tons of rock, ice and scree hurtling down the mountain slope and ... told the Keystone-ATS news agency.

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