Swiss teams end search for missing hikersThe search for eight Alpinists missing in Switzerland has been called off, three days after a massive rockslide crashed down the Bondasca valley where they had been hiking. "We have exhausted all possibilities for finding these missing people," regional police spokeswoman Sandra Scianguetta said on on Saturday. "The decision was made to give up the search for the missing." READ MORE:* Hikers missing in landslide* Landslide behind 90-metre tsunami* At least 115 dead in rubbish dump landslide* Frustration grows after China landslideREUTERS Amateur video obtained by Reuters shows the beginning of the landslide that forced 200 people from their home. In recent weeks, experts had noted increased geological activity on Piz Cengalo, and the Bondo village authority had put up signs to warn hikers of an impending rockslide.

Source: Stuff August 26, 2017 11:15 UTC