Swiss glacier collapses, after hundreds evacuated
- 10-Sep-2017
GENEVA: Part of the Swiss alpine glacier Trift in the country’s south collapsed on Sunday, but caused no damage or casualties and residents evacuated from the area can return home, police in Valais canton said. More than 220 people living in the ski resort of Saas-Fee had to leave their homes on Saturday as authorities […]
Italian dies skiing on mountain in Gilgit-Baltistan
- 12-Jun-2016
ISLAMABAD: An Italian mountaineer died during a skiing accident in northern Gilgit-Baltistan region as he attempted to descend a 6,000-metre (19,685-foot) peak, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said Saturday.