Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

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

The search for a 64-year-old man was suspended on Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a ...

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.

The landslide that buried a Swiss village and riverbed is refocusing attention on the role of global warming in glacier ...

According to the head of the Valais Natural Hazards Office, the cone of debris from the landslide in Blatten is over 100 ...

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

A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An ...

Everything we know about the Blatten glacier collapse in Switzerland - The village was thankfully evacuated a few days ...

A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury ...

On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...

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