US EditionSwiss village evacuated over threat of rockslide
- Swiss officials evacuated the village of Brienz/Brinzauls on Monday after identifying a possible rockslide threat endangering the area.
- The evacuation was triggered by a sudden and significant increase in the shifting of a large rock formation above, heightening the danger of an impending collapse.
- Brienz/Brinzauls is a centuries-old village at about 1,150 meters altitude with fewer than 100 residents, situated in eastern Graubünden near Davos.
- Local officials imposed livestock relocation and halted farming, citing that glacier melt over millennia, not recent man-made climate change, caused geological instability dating back to the last Ice Age.
- The evacuation highlights persistent hazards in the region, occurring shortly after a mudslide affected an abandoned village in southwestern Switzerland, with the closure prompted by early-warning alerts.
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After the massive glacial collapse in the canton of Valais, another mountain village in Switzerland threatens to be buried by a rubble avalanche. Brienz in the canton of Graubünden has been considered a restricted area since Monday. In the Lötschental in the canton of Valais, the village of Blatten was almost completely buried at the end of May by an ice and rubble avalanche. There, boulders had fallen above the village on a deeper glacier, whic…
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ikz-online.deAfter the landslide in sheets, Brienz is also preparing for the worst – 500,000 cubic metres of rock could plunge into the valley at any time.
Villagers Ordered To Leave As Rockslide Looms - Videos from The Weather Channel
They've been through it before, but it’s never easy for the people in a small Swiss mountain village who have to evacuate their homes without knowing when they can return. Watch this video to see the danger that’s forcing them out. - Videos from The Weather Channel
Villages on the Verge: The Threat of Rockslides in Eastern Switzerland | Science-Environment
Swiss authorities evacuated a village in the eastern region due to a potential rockslide. The village, Brienz/Brinzauls, has been evacuated before for similar threats. While climate change is not considered a factor in recent rock instability, the area has a history of geological movements since the Ice Age.
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