A large rockfall has narrowly missed a Swiss mountain village whose inhabitants were evacuated last month over fears of a landslide. The rock and scree missed the empty hamlet “by a hair”, local authorities said in a statement. There is no indication of damage in the village, with the rocks mass having stopped just in front of the village,” it said. Photograph: Michael Buholzer/APAn aerial view shows a building destroyed by the rockfall. Photograph: Michael Buholzer/EPAExperts have had their eyes on the mountain above Brienz for centuries, but observers have watched with increasing alarm in the last 20 years as conditions worsened.

Source: The Guardian June 16, 2023 16:00 UTC