Switzerland evacuates village threatened by vast rockfall
Brienz, Switzerland Reuters 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. A thick coat of fog covered the mountaintop overlooking the village of Brienz on Thursday, where vegetation has been replaced by a slope […]
Updated: Death toll from Brazil waterfall rock face collapse rises to 10
Updated: 11.30am, 10th January, 2022 (AEDT)Brasilia, BrazilReuters Ten people died in the dramatic collapse of a canyon rock face on top of motor boats visiting a waterfall in south-eastern Brazil, rescuers said on Sunday. A tower of rocks suddenly broke away from the canyon wall on Saturday and came crashing down, crushing one of the […]