May 21 (UPI) --Cows stranded in a Swiss village under threat of rockslide were airlifted to safety via helicopter. The Alpine village of Blatten, in southern Switzerland's Loetschental valley, was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A drone view shows the village of Wiler, overlooking the landslide area nearly a year after a massive rock and ice slide triggered ...

On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, a large portion of the Birch Glacier in Switzerland partially collapsed and released a chunk of ice that set off an enormous landslide, largely burying the village of ...

In May, a landslide above Blatten in the canton of Valais buried most of the village under a mass of ice, mud and rock, an event that has prompted in-depth research. At a recent conference in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A devastating May landslide in Swiss Alps village Blatten destroyed more than 90% of homes and buildings, killing ...

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GENEVA (AP) — A huge mass of rock and ice in the Swiss Alps sent plumes of dust skyward on Wednesday near a village that authorities had evacuated earlier this month as a precaution. Video on social ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A chunk of the Birch glacier collapsed Wednesday, May 28, 2025, burying large portions of the small Swiss village, Blatten, under ...

Kandersteg boosts preparedness as rockslide threats rise Several systems track climate impact on Alpine permafrost Blatten losses show need for effective disaster management KANDERSTEG, Switzerland, ...

A new 3D simulation tool developed by ETH and SLF researchers now allows for significantly more accurate predictions of complex alpine mass movements, supporting alpine risk management. Recent major ...