BLATTEN, Switzerland — When a devastating landslide all but swallowed his Swiss village and toppled his three-generation family-owned hotel in May, Lukas Kalbermatten was overwhelmed by a sense of ...

India is adopting Swiss road design technology to enhance the resilience of its mountainous highways, which frequently suffer ...

Explore urgent action plans to safeguard the Himalayas from climate change threats and enhance resilience in vulnerable communities.

Ebener says several years of clearing work, followed by construction of a new village, should pave the way for inhabitants of Blatten to go back by 2030. In the meantime, the villagers — and much of ...

The incident was sparked by a massive downpour that caused the Torre river to overflow its banks and sent mud pouring through ...

Switzerland is racing to rebuild Blatten, which was crushed by a glacier. It’s a sign of the economic and emotional costs of a warming Europe.

High-mountain regions across the world are entering a new era of climate-linked hazards, and the Himalaya is no exception. A ...

Switzerland's financial market regulator warned on Saturday of growing risks in the housing market, saying banks were ...