![]() “They have to leave their village,” he added. “But now they’re suddenly realizing that something terrible might happen.” ![]() Pelico said many residents of the village had grown used to hearing the regular thunder of rockfall over the years. “The church and the altar are important, but the people are more important,” he told The Associated Press in a phone interview. At the current “orange” alert level, however, farm animals were to be left behind.įederico Pelico, the pastor of Albula and Brienz, said they managed to disassemble and remove the precious 500-year-old winged altarpiece that was in the church. Many of the evacuees were expected to stay with family or friends, though local leaders have received offers from concerned neighbors to provide temporary housing. But measurements indicated a “strong acceleration over a large area” in recent days, and “up to 2 million cubic meters of rock material will collapse or slide in the coming seven to 24 days,” officials said. The mountain and the rocks on it have been moving since the last Ice Age, local officials say. The centuries-old village straddles German- and Romansch-speaking parts of the eastern Graubunden region, sitting southwest of Davos at an altitude of about 1,150 meters (about 3,800 feet). on Friday but could return to the village from time to time starting Saturday, depending on the risk level, but not stay overnight. Local leaders said during a town hall and a media event Tuesday that residents would have to leave by 6 p.m. GENEVA (AP) - Authorities in eastern Switzerland ordered residents of the tiny village of Brienz to evacuate by Friday evening because geology experts say a mass of 2 million cubic meters of Alpine rock looming overhead could break loose and spill down in the coming weeks.
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