Authorities are using a drone with a thermal camera to search for the 64-year-old man. There are also concerns the debris from the glacier could cause the River Lonza flood other villages.

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 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 destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...

Residents survive, but life in the Swiss Alps village of Blatten is forever changed, erasing centuries of tradition ...

Steep slopes, unstable terrain and exposure to high rainfall or permafrost melt put mountain regions more at risk of landslides and avalanches. For valley communities in Switzerland, the potential ...

A massive landslide hit a village in the southern Switzerland. The incident occurred ... "There is a serious risk of an ice jam that could flood the valley below," Antoine Jacquod, a military ...

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village ... But in almost every instance, climate change is playing a role. In Switzerland, the mountainside gave way Wednesday near the village of ...

GENEVA — A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the ... thundered into the Lötschental valley in southern Switzerland on Wednesday, destroying much of the village.

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 ...