17th June 2023
Millions of cubic metres of rock have fallen. Some boulders landed by buildings in Brienz but there was no extensive damage. NEW
The entire village was evacuated last month as we reported at the time on PlanetSKI: Swiss village evacuated due to fear of rockfall
Recently some villagers had complained they were not allowed back but now the geologists have been proved right.
It is estimated 2 million cubic meters came down.
Authorities say the village had a lucky escape.
There is still up to a million unstable cubic metres of rock up the mountain so it unlikely the villagers will be allowed back to their homes soon.
It follows a rockfall in Austria earlier this month.
Experts fear there will be more rockfalls with climate change melting the permafrost and predictions of more rain making the ground unstable.
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