Europe faces mounting pressure to refill rapidly depleted gas storage as weak Alpine snowfall threatens hydropower output and ...

Those not worried about the future of European skiing are in denial. Temperatures in the Alps have risen 1.5C since 1900 – much of that in the last three decades. We can’t keep saying “it’s just a bad ...

One passenger was taken to hospital after the derailment, which police say could have been caused by an avalanche.

At least a dozen people have died in the Italian Alps in a single week, more than any other one-week period on record.

Warming temperatures are wreaking havoc at elevation, upending the Winter Olympics and the tourism industry and imperiling ...

The Bavarian Alps were hit by an unusually dry spell this German winter, breaking records for the lowest snowfall recorded in several areas, meteorologists said on Tuesday. At Germany's highest ski ...

Four skiers skiers killed in avalanches in the French Alps in three days - At least 66 people have been killed in avalanches this snow season, a monitor has warned ...

In terms of area, forest is the most important means of avalanche protection. It is also the most cost-effective and is naturally renewable. This insight hit home after the winter of 1951, when over 1 ...

Snow has fallen in the Italian Alps just in time for the start of the Winter Olympics, dispelling fears of artificially-covered tracks winding through lush green mountainsides. From Bormio, home to ...

Old man Winter paid a quick visit to the Alps this week. Several places in Europe saw more than a few inches of snow as a result of a freak July blizzard. Stelvio Pass, which divides Switzerland from ...

Snowfall in April is not unusual in the Alps but the quantity of snow has taken many residents by surprise - Copyright POOL/AFP Ludovic MARIN Snowfall in April is not ...