Mass of Rock Slides Down Swiss Mountainside Above Evacuated Village, Narrowly Missing Settlement

Mass of Rock Slides Down Swiss Mountainside Above Evacuated Village, Narrowly Missing Settlement
A helicopter flies over the rockfall "Brienzer Rutsch" above the village Brienz-Brinzauls in Switzerland, on June 16, 2023. Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP
The Associated Press
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BERLIN—A huge mass of rock slid down a mountainside above a Swiss village that was evacuated last month, stopping just short of the settlement, which remained unscathed, relieved local officials said Friday.

Some 1.9 million cubic meters (67 million cubic feet) of rock had been deemed at risk of breaking away—and potentially of destroying the village of Brienz, in the southeastern Graubuenden region of Switzerland.