Part of the Swiss alpine glacier Trift in the country’s south collapsed Sunday, but caused no damage or casualties and residents evacuated from the area can return home, police in Valais canton said.

Glacier-related risks are becoming a global concern, according to Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Speaking at the Glacier Preservation Conference in ...

Switzerland has lost roughly a quarter of its glacier volume over about a decade, and annual losses are approaching historic highs. Scientists tracking Alpine ice say melt speed keeps increasing, even ...

The worst-case scenario in the Lötschental has come true. The inhabitants of Blatten lose everything after the devastating ...

A glacier and rockfall near the Bietschhorn has triggered a debris flow in the Lötschental. Experts warn of further spontaneous collapses and hiking trails have been closed.

A drone view shows the village of Wiler nearly a year after a massive rock and ice slide destroyed much of the village of Blatten A drone view shows the village of Wiler, overlooking the landslide ...

Much of the water that flows into the Rhine and the Rhone comes from the Alpine glaciers. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A German mountaineer captured the dramatic moment a massive serac collapsed near the north face of Kleines Aletschhorn in the Swiss Alps on May 12th. The footage shows huge sections of ice breaking ...

By Cecile Mantovani OBERGOMS, Switzerland, July 3 (Reuters) - Snow on Swiss glaciers disappeared weeks earlier than usual ...

By Marleen Kaesebier, Denis Balibouse and Cecile Mantovani WILER, Switzerland, May 26 (Reuters) - Hotel Momentum stands above Switzerland's Loetschen Valley as a symbol of recovery, a year after a ...