Swiss villagers given deadline to evacuate as rockslide edges closer The residents have been told they must leave by Sunday The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024
Swiss village evacuated amid fears it will be swallowed up by giant landslide The village of Brienz narrowly avoided being swept away in June last year Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2024
Huge landslide misses Swiss mountain village of Brienz ‘by a hair’ Rockfall buries access road but stops just in front of hamlet, which had been evacuated in anticipation The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2023
Tour de Suisse stage 6 start shifted due to Brienz rock avalanche Albula Pass can't be used so stage will be shortened, beginning in Chur instead of La Punt Cycling News · Jun 16, 2023
Watch: Swiss village of Brienz braces for more rockslides as residents evacuate Over 100 residents have been evacuated from the town of Brienz in eastern Switzerland, days after a giant rockslide concerned officials that the mountain is on the verge of collapse. The Independent UK · May 12, 2023
Switzerland evacuates village Brienz at risk of being wiped out by massive rockfall Residents in the village of Brienz have been ordered to abandon their tiny mountain home. ABC News · May 12, 2023
Switzerland evacuates village threatened by vast rockfall 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. Reuters · May 11, 2023
Swiss villagers told to evacuate over Alpine rockslide alert Authorities in eastern Switzerland have ordered residents of the tiny village of Brienz to evacuate by Friday evening because geology experts say a mass of 2 million cubic meters of Alpine rock looming overhead could break loose The Independent UK · May 10, 2023