While the Chilkat Valley is not unique in facing landslides, the combination of steep slopes, heavy rainfall, aging ...

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

Birch Glacier above the Swiss village of Blatten broke off, causing a landslide that destroyed the village. A herd of cows got evacuated via helicopter for a ride of a lifetime to get to safety.

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

GENEVA, Switzerland — A small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried ... above the mass of rock and ice could lead to risks of its own. Still, the regional government in Valais ...

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

A massive landslide triggered by the collapse of part of the Birch Glacier buried nearly 90 percent of the Catholic village of Blatten in Switzerland's Lötschental ... "This region is used to risks ...

"This region is used to risks that come simply from the fact that what surrounds those villages are really high mountains," ...