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Valais

Zermatt Blatten Lötschental Lötschental Valley Matterhorn Weather Alerts Weather Patterns Grande Dixence Dam Hérémence Oberaletschgletscher Natural Disasters Aletsch Glacier Trient River Feegletscher Tête-Noire gorge Local Law Enforcement

Swiss Authorities Close Access to World’s Highest Gravity Dam After New Rockfalls

Precautionary closures aim to secure vulnerable slopes following fresh rock detachment near the Grande Dixence dam

Chihuahua Guides Rescue Crews to Hiker Trapped in Feegletscher Crevasse

Helicopter Overturns on Oberaletsch Glacier as Rescue Crews Scramble

Missing Shepherd’s Remains Confirmed After Glacier Collapse Devastates Blatten

Human Remains Found at Buried Swiss Village After Glacier Collapse

Debris-Dammed Lake Grows After Swiss Glacier Collapse in Valais

Five Skiers Found Dead on Swiss Glacier Following Avalanche

Five Skiers Found Dead on Adler Glacier Near Zermatt

Swiss Village Evacuated as Massive Rockfall Imminent

American Teen Dies After 300-Foot Fall on Swiss Hiking Trail

Fatal Helicopter Crash and Avalanche Strike Swiss Alps

Five Skiers Found Dead in Swiss Alps, Search for Sixth Continues