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An old active slide slope in the Freiburg Pre-Alps accelerated unexpectedly in winter 1994. The Falli Hölli holiday house development in the commune…

The intensive precipitation in summer 2005 transformed both the river Engelberger Aa and nearby streams into raging torrents that transported large…

The measures implemeted to provide protection against floods can be divided into three phases:

 

The preventive measures include, for example, the…

The intensive precipitation transformed both the river Engelberger Aa and nearby streams into raging torrents that transported large volumes of…

Many glaciers are melting and retreating as a result of the increase in temperature. The rapide retreat of the Lower Grindelwald Glacier caused…

Hail is solid precipitation in the form of balls or lumps of ice with a diameter in excess of 5 mm. The form and size of the hail stones and the…

Gewitter mit starkem lokalen Regen haben am 4. Juli 2012 die Zulg und die Emme innert Minuten stark ansteigen lassen. Hochwasser durch Gewitter…

The Great Hansin earthquake occured in Kobe, Japan, on 17 January 1995. The earth shook for around 20 seconds and the tremors reached a level of 7.3…