More than 1.5 million tonnes of rock came crashing down in the middle of the night. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BRIENZ, Switzerland - A Swiss village came within a hair’s breadth of being wiped off the map when a mountain towering above it collapsed overnight, officials said on Friday.The rockslide had been expected.after the authorities said the Insel peak had become unstable.
After the rockslide, authorities lifted the highest alert level around midday on Friday, making it once again possible to reach villages neighbouring Brienz by train or road. “We have to monitor the movement of the collapsed rock mass in the coming days. It could still shift, for instance in the case of rain,” he said.
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