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Evacuation Ordered as Giant Rock Threatens to Crush Tiny Swiss Town

HARD PLACE

A mass of rock on the mountain slope above the town is on the verge of giving way.

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DENIS BALIBOUSE

Leaders of Brienz, Switzerland have ordered residents to evacuate as a nearby rock mass threatens to collapse, taking the tiny town down with it. The evacuation comes after warnings that 2 million cubic meters of rock could fall on the town within the next 7 days, CNN reported. The imminent collapse may be the result of accelerated glacier melt destabilizing the slope above the bucolic mountain town, which is situated in Switzerland’s east. Brienz’s leaders held a meeting on Tuesday night to order residents to get out by Friday evening.

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