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Authorities have revealed the details of a drainage tunnel designed to stop the village of Brienz from sliding into the valley.

The village was emptied of its 84 inhabitants on May 12 after the authorities said the Insel peak had become unstable

BERLIN (AP) -- A huge mass of rock slid down a mountainside above a Swiss village that was evacuated last month, stopping just short of the settlement, which remained unscathed, relieved local officials said Friday.

Fifty million cubic feet of rock tumbled down the mountainside heading straight for the village of Brienz in the Swiss Alps.

On Friday night, a large part of the rock masses fell towards the village. The rock masses just missed the village and left behind a meter-high deposit on the main road near the school building. No one was injured since the village was evacuated on May 12.

Authorities say a huge mass of rock slid down a mountainside above a Swiss village that was evacuated last month, stopping just short of the settlement. Brienz was evacuated on

Mountain peak collapses before hurtling down to the gates of Brienz leaving 12m-high rubble in its wake

A village in Brienz, Switzerland, was left unscathed after a huge mass of Alpine rock slid down a nearby mountainside and stopped short of the settlement.

A Swiss village came within a hairs breadth of being wiped off the map when a mountain towering above it collapsed overnight, officials said Friday.

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 Friday.He told journalists Friday that the rocks had felled trees as if they were matches, and had destroyed a small cabin in a field above the village.