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Days after a gigantic avalanche of ice, mud and debris buried much of the village of Blatten in canton Valais, the danger is ...
A deluge of millions of cubic meters of ice, mud and rock crashed down a mountain on Wednesday, engulfing the village of Blatten. The few houses that remained intact were later flooded ...
A massive glacier collapse hit Blatten in the Swiss Alps on May 28, 2025. Evacuations saved lives, but one person is missing.
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has been appointed one of three technical implementing ...
There was a time when oil and gas companies happily linked themselves to the idea of planet-wide environmental changes. "Each ...
We can’t ignore the facts: our waterways are facing immense pressure, and some are already critically ill. Even if our only ...
From prayers and panic to preparedness and poise: disaster risk reduction drills in Chibuwe village give young and old a clear sense of what to do -- well before the waters rise.
The fact that only one person is missing after the huge glacier collapse that engulfed the Swiss mountain village of Blatten ...
At least 150 people killed and many more missing after torrential rains cause flooding in Mokwa city in Niger State.
At the High-Level UNDRR-BIMSTEC event under the eighth edition of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR 2025 ...
Deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says the release of water from the dam caused massive floods in Kelantan in recent years.
Those most vulnerable to these climate disasters live in the poor and fragile nations that ring the Himalayas.