Images Show How a Massive Rockslide Misses Swiss Village 'By a Hair'
The village was emptied of its 84 inhabitants on May 12 after the authorities said the Insel peak had become unstable
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The village was emptied of its 84 inhabitants on May 12 after the authorities said the Insel peak had become unstable
More than 1.5 million tonnes of rock came crashing down in the middle of the night. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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.
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.
The rockslide that threatened the tiny hamlet of Brienz finally fell from the mountain, coming to rest just metres from the village.