Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...

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 ...

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

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

ZURICH - Water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that this week buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland has ... may be needed amid the risk of flooding in the Alpine ...

ZURICH - 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 valley ...

A glacier collapse in southern Switzerland led to devastation in the village of Blatten, where debris blocked a river, ...

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