Four people were feared dead Saturday after an avalanche hit the Swiss ski area of Vallon d’Arbi, with one body already recovered and rescue workers searching for three others. Police in Valais canton ...

There is an acute danger of avalanches in several regions of the Alps. In Valais, roads and railroad lines are closed and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's a terrifying and almost unbelievable view of an avalanche plowing into a train in the Swiss Alps. See what one passenger ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A passenger captured the moment an avalanche roared down a mountainside and slammed into a train near Zermatt, Switzerland, on Feb ...

Three Spanish cross-country skiers died after being engulfed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps, police said Sunday. Police in the canton of Valais said two fellow skiers survived the avalanche, which ...

Significant differences were observed between the overall survival curves for the two countries; compared with the Swiss curve, the Canadian curve showed a quicker drop at the early stages of burial ...

There's a reason the most breathtaking scenery on earth can also be the most unforgiving. Before the ski season gets underway ...

Switzerland’s national snowboard cross team is mourning the loss of one of their own after Olympian Sophie Hediger died in an avalanche on Monday. She was 26. Hediger was swept up in an avalanche in ...

Switzerland issued its most severe avalanche warning on Tuesday after heavy snow caused a train to derail in Valais, injuring five people. Homes were evacuated in anticipation of fresh weather threats ...

It’s a terrifying and almost unbelievable view of an avalanche plowing into a train in the Swiss Alps. See what one passenger captured as the massive snow slide happened in St. Nicklaus, near Zermatt, ...