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.

A large mass of rock slid down a mountainside above a Swiss village that was evacuated last month, stopping just short of the settlement, authorities said Friday. Brienz, in the southeastern ...

Residents of Brienz, Switzerland, had to evacuate because a massive rockslide threatens to spill. The centuries-old Alpine village is home to under 100 residents, who were told to leave last week.

The 80 residents of the Swiss town of Brienz have had to evacuate their homes for the second time as a massive torrent of rubble and rocks threatens to engulf the Grisons village. This situation is ...

GENEVA -- Authorities in eastern Switzerland ordered residents of the tiny village of Brienz to evacuate by Friday evening because experts say a mass of 2 million cubic meters of Alpine rock looming ...

Residents of a tiny Swiss village have all been evacuated because of the risk of an imminent rockslide. Brienz's fewer than 100 villagers were given just 48 hours to pack what they could and abandon ...

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The Graubünden village of Brienz in eastern Switzerland was closed again on Monday due to the risk of landslides. Rock masses on the mountain above the village recently accelerated ...

BRIENZ, Switzerland (AP) — Stragglers packed up belongings in cars, trucks and a least one pickup truck before an evacuation order took effect on Friday in a tiny village in eastern Switzerland that ...

Since the ice age, the Alpine mountain that towers over the eastern Swiss village of Brienz has been slowly on the move — shifting just an inch or two a year, the result of rocks straining under the ...

Millions of cubic metres of rock have thundered on to a tiny Swiss village, with huge boulders blocking roads - some landing within inches of houses. The entire village of Brienz, population 70, was ...

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BERLIN (AP) — 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 ...