The study compares two recent events: the 2021 Chamoli disaster in the Indian Himalayas, which killed more than 200 people, and the 2025 ice and rock avalanche in Blatten, Switzerland, which buried ...

The findings of a new paper show governance and preparedness rather than hazard magnitude determine whether avalanches become mass-casualty events. With large ice-rock avalanches growing in frequency ...

Glacier collapse destroyed Swiss village a year ago Reconstruction of Blatten underway, full return expected by 2030 Warming climate raises risks for Alpine rebuilding Nearby glaciers are now closely ...

Swiss Re, a Zurich-based global reinsurance group, has released findings via its Swiss Re Institute showing that increasing ...

A drone view shows the village of Wiler nearly a year after a massive rock and ice slide destroyed much of the village of Blatten A drone view shows the village of Wiler, overlooking the landslide ...