{"id":32029,"date":"2023-05-13T09:15:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T09:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=32029"},"modified":"2023-05-13T09:15:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T09:15:32","slug":"swiss-village-of-brienz-evacuated-over-risk-of-imminent-rockslide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=32029","title":{"rendered":"Swiss village of Brienz evacuated over risk of imminent rockslide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BBC News:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Residents of a tiny Swiss village have all been evacuated because of the risk of an imminent rockslide.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brienz&#8217;s fewer than 100 villagers were given just 48 hours to pack what they could and abandon their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even the dairy cows were loaded up for departure after geologists warned a rockfall was imminent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two million cubic metres of rock is coming loose from the mountain above, and a rockslide could obliterate the village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development has raised questions about the safety of some mountain communities, as global warming changes the alpine environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/11BDF\/production\/_129717627_9b14e6ad3472c3e4206473ee02b83f0e78840f06.jpg\" alt=\"A church in front of the rockslide zone\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image caption, The rock has been shifting since the Ice Age, but scientists say the pace has accelerated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brienz, in the eastern canton of Graub\u00fcnden, is now empty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The village has been judged a geological risk for some time and is built on land that is subsiding down towards the valley, causing the church spire to lean and large cracks to appear in buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/D58F\/production\/_129717645_e61f52adb95ff3119aab7a22f274789e2df2fc7f.jpg\" alt=\"Village of Brienz in front of the zone of rockslide\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image caption, Some rocks have already fallen down the mountainside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/E147\/production\/_129717675_963a412cc0160b1e27459a17794accf446c65a3f.jpg\" alt=\"A view shows a crack on a building, in the village of Brienz\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the minutes ticked towards the deadline to leave, even Brienz&#8217;s dairy cows were being taken to safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The residents, some young, some old, families, farmers and professional couples, had two days to abandon their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were asked earlier this week to evacuate the village by Friday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC News: Residents of a tiny Swiss village have all been evacuated because of the risk of an imminent rockslide. Brienz&#8217;s fewer than 100 villagers were given just 48 hours to pack what they could and abandon their homes. Even the dairy cows were loaded up for departure after geologists warned a rockfall was imminent. Two million cubic metres of rock is coming loose from the mountain above, and a rockslide could obliterate the village. The development has raised questions about the safety of some mountain communities, as global warming changes the alpine environment. 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