A massive glacier collapse in the Swiss Alps triggered a devastating landslide on Wednesday, burying nearly the entire Alpine village of Blatten. The disintegration of the Birch Glacier sent a torrent of ice, rock, and mud crashing down the mountainside, engulfing homes, infrastructure, and the Lonza River in what officials have described as one of…
Eight road construction workers died after becoming trapped under an avalanche in northern India, the Indian Army said on Sunday. Rescuers operating in several feet of snow evacuated 46 other workers. The workers were buried by the snow early on Friday in the village of Mana, in the state of Uttarakhand, as the avalanche hit…
It was one of the deadliest battles in decades in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After the city of Goma fell to a rebel group known as M23 last week, the International Red Cross said that civilians had paid a heavy price, and that the death toll was expected to go up as more bodies…