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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse

SHOCKING: Swiss prepare to evacuate village threatened by vast landslide | Mind Blowing Facts

A general view shows the rockslide zone, in the village of Brienz, Switzerland, May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Swiss authorities have ordered residents to abandon a tiny mountain village in the eastern canton of Graubunden because of fears it could soon be buried beneath a collapsing mountainside.

A thick coat of fog covered the mountaintop overlooking the village of Brienz on Thursday, where vegetation has been replaced by a slope of mud and rocks.

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