A huge stream of rubble and stone threatens to sweep away an entire Swiss village, which is why around 80 residents have left their homes. The authorities had given a deadline yesterday evening to the people of Brienz in the canton of Graubünden.
The farmers’ livestock and a 500-year-old late Gothic altar in the church were brought to safety. The residents stayed with relatives or in holiday apartments provided in the region.
In recent weeks, an amount of rubble has been coming down at an increasing speed on the mountain behind the village. But the debris could break out of the ground completely and thunder into the valley. The volume is estimated to be around 1.2 million cubic metres.
Similar situation last year
Something similar happened last year. The authorities had already evacuated the village a year and a half ago because there was a threat of a massive rock fall on the slope above the village. The people stayed for weeks in other accommodations before a debris flow with about 1.7 million cubic meters of rock fell into the valley on a June night.
A meadow and a meter-high road were buried under rubble. But miraculously the electricity stopped a few meters from the house. However, a lot of loose rock remained on the slope at that time. This is moving now.
Geologists cannot predict when the rock will break. It could take months. “The most likely scenario at the moment is that nothing happens,” said one geologist.
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