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

Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...

The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide ...

"This region is used to risks that come simply from the fact that what surrounds those villages are really high mountains," ...

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

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...

The landslide sent plumes of dust skyward and coated with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that authorities had evacuated ...

Swiss evacuate livestock by hoof and helicopter because of landslide risk over Alpine village (Photo: AP) In 2023, residents of the village of Brienz in eastern Switzerland were evacuated before a ...

GENEVA (AP) — Not quite a flying cow, but almost: Swiss authorities added livestock to the list of evacuees along with about 300 people moved out of a village threatened by a possible landslide ...

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FILE – A cow is flown by helicopter from the landslide area near the Bietschhorn in the Loetschental, to a farm in Ferden, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 20 2025. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP, file) ...