Video on social media and Swiss TV showed the mudslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley, with homes and ...

A gigantic avalanche of ice, mud and debris has buried a large part of the village of Blatten after a major glacier collapsed.

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According to the USGS, Mount St. Helens is the most active volcano in the lower 48 states and the most likely in the Cascades ...

On May 18, 1980, the United States experienced the deadliest and most destructive volcanic eruption in its history.

Mount St. Helens erupted, killing dozens and forever changing how the US monitors earthquakes. The volcano is still active but not erupting.

The United States is facing a medical problem in much of its southeastern part. An Asian needle ant infestation has become established in the area and cases continue to rise expone ...

Paul Wilcox, a geologist at the University of Innsbruck, has discovered the first land-based evidence of meltwater pulses ...

During the Wednesday, May 7, concert of the band's M72 World Tour, the heavy metal rock band caused a minor earthquake when performing their hit "Enter Sandman." The Lane Stadium show at Virginia ...

Here’s how it works. Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and it's been that way for around 34 million years.

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Tennessee Saturday morning, with reports of shaking felt as far south as Atlanta. The epicenter of the quake was about 12 miles outside of Greenback ...

ATLANTA — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake in Tennessee woke up families and rattled homes as far away as Atlanta as it spread tremors across portions of the southern U.S. on Saturday morning.