Montalba Architects recently completed a modern Swiss chalet in the Vaud Alps. The three-story home has a dark facade but an ...

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

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

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

Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...

Water trapped behind glacial debris that buried the village of Blatten and blocked a river has sparked warnings of further ...

A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...

The glacier’s collapse and the subsequent landslide—which was so intense that it corresponded to a magnitude 3.1 earthquake ...

Switzerland’s president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.

Swiss glaciologists have repeatedly expressed concerns about a thaw in recent years, attributed in large part to global warming, that has accelerated the retreat of glaciers in Switzerland. The ...

A portion of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off, causing a landslide that buried parts of the evacuated village of Blatten. The catastrophe prompted emergency warnings from authorities. President ...