Never in the history of the Swiss Alps has a glacier caused such destruction as the one that collapsed in stunning fashion on ...

These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable ...

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The Memorial Day weekend may have marked the unofficial start to summer but avalanches continue to pose a danger to backcountry travelers in Colorado. Over the holiday weekend, a backcountry skier ...

A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.

The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human development.

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...

Mount Shasta and other mountain communities were getting ... because they tumble ground level rocks and other debris, ...

The center added that the debris pile was about 10 to 15 ... just weeks after three heli-skiers were killed in an avalanche in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood, a small resort town about ...

Your Reporter Spencer Wilson specializes in coverage of news in Colorado's mountains ... and partially buried by the debris. One of them deployed their avalanche airbag. The CAIC said a third ...