Milan — A fast-moving Italian glacier is melting quickly, threatening a picturesque valley near the Alpine town of Courmayeur and prompting the mayor to close down a mountain road. Mayor Stefano ...

PLANPANCIEUX, Italy - Italian authorities are bracing for the worst, after reports from experts at the Valle d’Asota regional government, and the Fondazione Montagna Sicura (Safe Mountain Foundation ...

Scientists warned this week that a portion of the massive Mont Blanc glacier is in danger of collapse, prompting Italian authorities to close off roads and evacuate certain areas. According to a ...

MILAN — Italian mountain rescue crews have recovered the remains of two — or possibly three — hikers on a glacier on Mont Blanc’s southern face likely dating from the 1980s or 1990s, officials said ...

MILAN (AP) — Italian officials sounded an alarm Wednesday over climate change due to the threat that a fast-moving melting glacier is posing to a picturesque valley near the Alpine town of Courmayeur.

Italian mountain rescue crews have recovered the remains of two — or possibly three — hikers on a glacier on Mont Blanc’s southern face likely dating from the 1980s or 1990s, officials said Friday.