A devastating glacier collapse in southern Switzerland has wiped out the village of Blatten — and now, two more villages face the threat of catastrophic flooding. On May 29th, millions of tonnes of ...

(Bloomberg) -- A Swiss mountain slope bursting and unleashing a cascade of rocks and ice over an idyllic Alpine village last week was a chilling image, but also the symbol of a well-managed climate ...

A landslide near Blatten, Switzerland submerged an entire village in the Swiss Alps, leaving most of the homes and buildings under a mass of brown sludge. It happened after a large chunk of the Birch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a state disaster declaration Monday as a result of the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HESCO flood barriers protect property against glacial outburst flooding near the Mendenhall River, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. - Marc ...

A Swiss Alpine village was largely wiped out on Wednesday after a massive glacier carrying rock and debris detached and roared down the mountainside, destroying everything in its path. Scientists had ...

The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide living under the shadow of fragile ice, particularly in Asia, experts say.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a state disaster declaration Monday as a result of the "imminent threat of catastrophic flooding from a glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF)" in the Juneau area. It ...

(CNN) — For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city of Juneau. But, flood barriers installed by the city managed to ...