Please stop sending clothes, but give us money. That’s the message from the authorities in the devasted village of Blatten.

Canton Valais is releasing CHF10 million ($12.1 million) in emergency funds for the mountain village of Blatten, which was wiped out by a devastating glacier collapse last week.

A team led by Professor Lothar Schulte studies the effects of climate change on landslides and floods in high mountains, with ...

On August 23, 2017 three million cubic metres of rock crashed down from the Piz Cengalo mountain in eastern Switzerland, triggering a landslide into the valley. It was the largest landslide in ...